A black market may occur when
A) the government imposes a price floor below the market clearing price.
B) the government imposes a price ceiling below the market clearing price.
C) the government imposes a price ceiling above the market clearing price.
D) the government does not impose either a price ceiling or a price floor.
Answer: B
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For each one dollar increase in real GDP, aggregate planned expenditure
A) increases by less than a dollar. B) increases only if autonomous expenditure increases. C) increases by one dollar. D) increases by more than a dollar. E) is unaffected.
An economic variable that moves in the opposite direction as aggregate economic activity (down in expansions, up in contractions) is called
A) procyclical. B) countercyclical. C) acyclical. D) a leading variable.
Suppose a union successfully negotiates for its members a wage rate that is above the competitive wage rate, then
A) there will be a surplus of jobs. B) antitrust laws become effective. C) there will be downward pressure on the wage rate until equilibrium is established. D) there will be an excess supply of labor.
Refer to Figure 5.3. Which of the following statements is false?
A. Points a, b and c all represent best choices for the consumer.
B. It is possible for the consumer to afford better bundles than a.
C. Point b satisfies the tangency condition.
D. It is possible for the consumer to afford better bundles than c.