Thomas Schelling's most notable work dealt with ________, which lead to his advising role for the film Dr. Strangelove
A) neighborhood segregation
B) nuclear annihilation
C) medical malpractice
D) psychotherapy
B
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Per-unit pollution reduction subsidies
a. are implemented by paying a polluter for using a particular type of abatement equipment b. can elevate profits, which encourages entry, and hence can perversely increase aggregate emissions c. are used exclusively in the United States at the federal level of government d. are designed to lower the costs of abatement technology
Suppose a smoker wants to quit smoking. The utility that he gets from smoking a cigarette now is 6 utils but, in the long run, that cigarette will generate undiscounted health problems of 10 utils (e.g., an elevated risk of lung cancer)
Use the concept of discounting to explain why impatient smokers may not quit smoking even though the undiscounted net utility of smoking is negative.
International financial transactions are most likely to affect the U.S. monetary base when
A) the United States is in recession. B) the United States is experiencing a severe inflation. C) the Fed tries to influence the foreign-exchange value of the dollar. D) interest rates in the United States are highly variable.
A vertical demand curve for a particular good implies that consumers are
A) sensitive to changes in the price of that good. B) not sensitive to changes in the price of that good. C) irrational. D) not interested in that good.