A reason why the CPI overstates the cost of living is it
A. makes no attempt to control for quality improvements, except in consumer goods.
B. makes no attempt to update the market basket.
C. only measures the effects of inflation on the poor.
D. makes no attempt to ascertain what average people buy.
Answer: A
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A) ratio of the percentage change in the quantity demanded to the percentage change in price. B) change in quantity divided by the change in price. C) ratio of the percentage change in the price to the percentage change in quantity. D) percentage change in the quantity demanded divided by the percentage change in income. E) equilibrium quantity divided by the equilibrium price.
Which of the following statements is true?
A) A buyer who sets a price so that he can purchase any amount of a good he wants at a fixed price, if he has the money to pay for it, is called a price leader. B) All buyers in a perfectly competitive market set prices to compete in their market. C) The relative prices of goods do not affect a consumer's buying decision. D) A consumer in a perfectly competitive market buys only a tiny fraction of the total amount produced.
Chapter 16 on "Financial System Design" calls the asymmetric information problem discussed in earlier chapters the __________ conflict
A) manager-stockholder B) stockholder-lender C) manager-lender D) profit-risk
The demand for a service like medical care
a. decreases as income increases, indicating that medical care is an inferior good b. is completely insensitive to price; that is, demand is perfectly inelastic c. is perfectly elastic d. is sensitive to the time component of cost e. varies directly with the price of that care