Suppose all perfectly competitive fast-food firms are hiring the profit-maximizing quantity of labor and are
paying their workers $7 per hour. Then suppose the government decides to raise the minimum wage to $8 per hour. Then:

a. since the value of the marginal product would exceed the wage, firms would hire more workers.
b. since the value of the marginal product would be less than the wage, firms would lay off some workers.
c. the firms would increase their prices to keep the value of the marginal product equal to the wage.
d. firms would have to exit the industry since the value of the marginal product is less than the wage.
e. firms would be unable to alter their hiring because the minimum wage is set by the government.

Consider the market for gasoline. suppose that, in a competitive market without government regulations, the equilibrium price of gasoline is $3.00 per gallon, and employees at gas stations earn $17.50 per hour. complete the following table by indicating whether each of the statements is an example of a price ceiling or a price floor and whether it results in a shortage or a surplus or has no effect on the price and quantity that prevail in the market. statement price control effect the government has instituted a legal minimum price of $3.40 per gallon for gasoline. the government prohibits gas stations from selling gasoline for more than $3.40 per gallon. due to new regulations, gas stations that would like to pay better wages in order to hire more workers are prohibited from paying more than $14.50 per hour.

*will mark brainliest! * when a company spends resources (labor, money) to give customers "free" items, those costs are called a. investment costs b. economic costs c. scarcity costs d. opportunity costs answer asap!

Calculating and interpreting eps information wells fargo reports the following information in its 2015 form 10-k. in millions 2015 2014 wells fargo net income $24,005 $24,168 preferred stock dividends $1,535 $1,347 common stock dividends $7,400 $6,908 average common shares outstanding 5,136.5 5,237.2 diluted average common shares outstanding 5,209.8 5,324.4 determine wells fargo's basic eps for fiscal 2015 and for fiscal 2014. round answers to two decimal places.