If there is an inflationary gap in the economy, discretionary fiscal policy would likely involve an action to
A) shift the aggregate demand curve to the right.
B) shift the aggregate demand curve to the left.
C) shift both the aggregate demand curve and aggregate supply curve to the right.
D) shift both the aggregate demand curve and aggregate supply curve to the left.
Ans: B) shift the aggregate demand curve to the left.
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A) making a normative statement. B) making a positive statement. C) testing an economic model. D) not dealing with scarcity.
Suppose Canon Inc decided to invest 45 billion yen in developing and launching a new model of its digital camera, expecting that it will bring additional sales of 60 billion yen
The company has already invested 38 billion yen when the marketing department suddenly finds out that the introduction of a similar camera by Sony will reduce Canon's expected additional sales to 30 billion yen. The company's management is trying to decide whether to continue investing in the new product or close the project. Canon hires you as an economic consultant. So, think like an economist to help the company's management make their decision: a) At this point in time, what is Canon's marginal cost of introducing the new product? b) What is Canon's marginal benefit from introducing the new product? c) Will you advise Canon to finish the project and introduce the new product? Why or why not? What principles of economic thinking will help you analyze the situation and make the right choice?
A monopoly that results from economies of scale is called a(n):
A. large-scale monopolist. B. natural monopoly. C. antitrust violator. D. cost-plus firm.
The sampling variance for the instrumental variables (IV) estimator is larger than the variance for the ordinary least square estimators (OLS) because _____.
A. R2> 1 B. R2< 0 C. R2 = 1 D. R2< 1