The fact the consumers substitute one good for another when prices change is
A) taken into account by the fixed market basket used in calculating the CPI.
B) not taken into account by the fixed market basket used in calculating the CPI.
C) not important to economists.
D) a reason why the CPI is used to calculate inflation rates.
E) a reason why the CPI understates the actual change in the cost of living.
B
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The supply curve for a perfectly competitive industry is obtained by
a. making an empirical study of historical data. b. vertically summing the supply curves of firms in the industry. c. horizontally summing the average cost curves of firms in the industry. d. horizontally summing the supply curves of firms in the industry.
Business lobbyists tend to argue against a living wage law by arguing that it is a price:
A. floor that will cause a shortage of labor. B. ceiling that will cause a shortage of labor. C. ceiling that will cause a surplus of labor. D. floor that will cause a surplus of labor.
Using Figure 1 above, if the aggregate demand curve shifts from AD1 to AD2 the result in the long run would be:
A. P1 and Y2. B. P2 and Y2. C. P3 and Y1. D. P2 and Y3.
Suppose that a product benefits from a successful advertising campaign. The result is that:
A. the demand for the product increases. B. the demand for the product decreases. C. the supply of the product increases. D. the supply of the product decreases.