Suppose a consumer is spending all of his/her income on two goods, A and B, in a manner where MUa = 15 and MUb = 80, and the Pa = $5 and the Pb = $20 . Then the consumer:
a. is maximizing his/her utility.
b. should increase his/her purchases of B and decrease the purchases of A.
c. should spend more money on both goods.
d. should spend less money on both goods.
e. should increase the purchases of A and decrease the purchases of B.
b
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Use the following graph for a market to answer the question below.
Which of the following would best explain why the shift in demand from D1 to D2 would cause price to rise from P1 to P2?
A. After the shift in the demand, there would be a surplus at price P2. B. After the shift in the demand, there would be a shortage at price P1. C. After the shift in the demand, there would be a surplus at price P1. D. After the shift in the demand, there would be a shortage at price P2.
When the price of an inferior good falls, the substitution effect leads to ________ in the quantity purchased and the income effect leads to ________ in the quantity purchased
A) an increase; an increase B) an increase; a decrease C) a decrease; an increase D) a decrease; a decrease
Average total costs are total costs divided by
A) total output. B) total fixed costs. C) total variable costs. D) the total number of workers employed.
If the ________ curve is relatively more unstable than the ________ curve, a money supply target is preferred
A) IS; IS B) IS; LM C) LM; IS D) LM; LM