Balking Occurs When a Customer Waiting in a Line Moves

question 75

True/False

Balking occurs when a customer waiting in a line moves from one line to another because he believes it is moving faster.

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Definitions:

MRP

Marginal Revenue Product; the additional revenue generated from employing one more unit of a resource, a key concept in labor economics and the theory of firm.

Labor Demand Schedule

A tabulation or curve showing the quantity of labor that firms wish to hire at each possible wage rate, displaying the negative relationship between wages and quantity of labor demanded.

Wage Rate

The amount of compensation paid to an employee by an employer in exchange for work performed, typically expressed per hour or year.

Purely Competitive

A market structure characterized by a large number of small firms, homogenous products, and no single firm having control over the market price.