Which of the following is a characteristic of a pure command economy?
a. all resources are privately owned
b. economic activity is coordinated by the price system
c. competitive markets guide resources to their highest-valued uses
d. centralized economic planning is used to answer the basic economic questions
e. economic choices are voluntary and are based on rational self-interest
D
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Refer to Table 3-1. The table above shows the demand schedules for loose-leaf tea of two individuals (Sunil and Mia) and the rest of the market. If the price of loose-leaf tea rises from $3 to $4, the market quantity demanded would
A) decrease by 32 lbs. B) increase by 64 lbs. C) decrease by 64 lbs. D) increase by 32 lbs.
Which of the following is NOT a proposition of the Heckscher-Ohlin model?
A) A country has a comparative advantage in the production of that commodity which uses more intensively the country's more abundant resource. B) The effect of international trade is to tend to equalize factor prices between the trading nations. C) If Mexico is an unskilled labor abundant country, then Mexico has a comparative advantage in the production of goods that use unskilled labor more intensively. D) If the United States is a skilled labor abundant country, then the United States has a comparative advantage in the production of goods that use skilled labor more intensively. E) Countries will completely specialize in the product in which they have a comparative advantage if free trade is allowed to occur.
Disposable income is defined to be:
A. total income plus taxes. B. total income minus depreciation. C. total income minus taxes. D. All of these are true.
Under which of the following conditions would a profit-maximizing monopolist necessarily raise price?
A. If product demand was price-inelastic B. If marginal revenue was greater than marginal cost. C. If product demand was price-elastic. D. If marginal cost was greater than marginal revenue.