Your sister recently opened a swanky three-floor cheese market, Fromagerie, which is quickly gaining attention from locals, the press, and restaurateurs in the area. Located near a college town, Fromagerie specializes in rare international cheeses; and on the top floor, there is a bistro where patrons can take cooking lessons, meet new people, dine, and sample some of the world's most savory cheeses before they make a purchase decision. The bistro element of the Fromagerie is primarily an example of your sister's retail strategy in the area of: a. merchandising
b. atmospheric
c. location
d. customer services
e. promotion

4. suppose that pollution in a neighborhood comes from two factories, with marginal benefit curves given by mb1 = 12 – p1 and mb2 = 8 – p2. the level of pollution in the neighborhood is given by p = p1 + p2. the government wants to limit pollution by instituting a pollution-rights market. the government’s desired level of p is 10, so it prints 10 pollution rights and offers them for sale to the firms. a)find the equilibrium selling price of a pollution right, as well as the allocation of rights (and hence pollution levels) across the two factories. b)repeat part (a) for the case where the government’s desired level of pollution equals 14. c)comment on the usefulness of a pollution rights market in achieving efficient levels of pollution abatement.

The interaction of individual choices because a type of fish is on the verge of extinction, the government imposes rules that prohibit fishing in the publicly owned spawning grounds. at first owners of fshing bouts complain about this restriction on where they can fish, but soon they notice that the number of adult fish swimming outside the protected area is much higher than it was before. with the restriction, each fishing boat ends up catching more fish than it did before the r which of the following principles of economic interaction best describes this scenario? o there is a tradeoff between equality and efficiency o markets usually lead to efficiency. o when markets do not achieve efficiency, government intervention can improve overall welfare o markets allocate goodseffectively

Afamily wishes to save for future college expenses. which financial tool should the family invest in?