Economic rents can lead to large wage differentials
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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You have a bond that pays $60 per year in coupon payments. Which of the following would result in an increase in the price of your bond?
A) The price of a share of stock in the company falls. B) Coupon payments on newly-issued bonds fall to $50 per year. C) Coupon payments on newly-issued bonds rise to $80 per year. D) The likelihood that the firm issuing your bond will default on debt increases.
Refer to Table 14-2. Is the current strategy in which each firm charges the low price and earns a profit of $7,000 a Nash equilibrium? If not, why and what is the Nash equilibrium?
A) No, it is not a Nash equilibrium because each firm can do better by charging the high price. The Nash equilibrium occurs when each firm charges the high price and earns a profit of $10,000. B) No, the current situation is not a Nash equilibrium. The Nash equilibrium for each firm is to have the other charge a high price and for the firm in question charge a low price. C) Yes, the current situation is a Nash equilibrium. D) No, the current situation is not a Nash equilibrium; it is a dominant strategy equilibrium. There is no Nash equilibrium in this game.
A Consumer Price Index (CPI) adjustment overcompensates for inflation because it ignores
A) the income effect when relative prices change. B) the substitution effect when relative prices change. C) that some goods are inferior. D) that the substitution effect may offset the income effect.
A change in the distribution of income which leaves total income constant will not shift the market demand curve for a product if
a. everyone has an income elasticity of demand of zero for the product. b. everyone has the same income elasticity of demand for the product. c. individuals have differing income elasticities for the product, but the average income elasticity for income gainers is equal to the average income elasticity for income losers. d. any of the above conditions occur.