The consumption bundle that maximizes a consumer's satisfaction given his income is located:
A) at the point of tangency of the consumer's demand curve and indifference curve.
B) at any point of intersection of the consumer's demand curve and indifference curves.
C) at the point of tangency of the consumer's budget constraint and indifference curve.
D) at any point of intersection of the consumer's demand curve and indifference curves.
C
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She pays for meditation classes for one-half of the subjects, and the other half does not join the class. Which of the following statements is true of the two groups in this experiment? A) The participants in the treatment group are assigned by chance, whereas the ones in the control group are assigned by choice. B) The participants in the control group are assigned by chance, whereas the participants in the treatment group are assigned by choice. C) The treatment group is the group of subjects that receives finance from the researcher for meditation classes; the control group is the group that does not. D) The control group is the group of subjects that receives finance from the researcher to join the meditation class; the treatment group is the group that does not.
Refer to Figure 15-15. What is the economically efficient output level and what is the price at that level?
A) Q2, P2 B) Q2, P3 C) Q3, P2 D) Q4, P1
The quantity theory of inflation indicates that if the aggregate output is growing at 3% per year and the growth rate of money is 5%, then inflation is
A) 2%. B) 8%. C) -2%. D) 1.6%.
A family that earns $20,000 a year pays $400 a year in city wage taxes. A family that earns $40,000 a year pays $1,400 a year in city wage taxes. The city wage tax is a ________ tax.
A. progressive B. regressive C. proportional D. benefits-received