When a foreign company engages in riskier behavior after it has received international investment funds, it is known as
A. foreign direct investment.
B. portfolio investment.
C. moral hazard.
D. adverse selection.
Answer: C
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A. most; "lemons" B. least; good used cars C. least; "lemons" D. a and b E. There is not enough information to answer the question.
If the required reserve ratio is 15 percent, currency in circulation is $400 billion, checkable deposits are $1000 billion, and excess reserves total $1 billion, then the M1 money multiplier is
A) 2.54. B) 2.67. C) 2.35. D) 0.551.
Which of the following is an argument against trying to use policy to stabilize the economy?
a. Recessions represent a waste of resources. b. Pessimism on the part of households and firms may become a self-fulfilling prophecy. c. "Leaning against the wind" requires policymakers to increase aggregate demand in recessions and reduce aggregate demand in booms. d. Macroeconomic forecasting is not developed sufficiently to allow policymakers to change aggregate demand at the proper time.
Monopolistic competition is similar to perfect competition in that:
A. firms advertise in both cases. B. both entail the production of differentiated products. C. output is at minimum average total cost in both. D. long-run profits tend toward zero in both.