Which of the following is NOT an example of a transaction cost?
A) the enjoyment of owning the good
B) the opportunity cost of time spent looking for stores that sold the good desired
C) the cost of returning a defective product
D) time spent bargaining over the price of a good
A
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The law of comparative advantage implies that a doctor who is also a talented auto mechanic should
A. get a part-time job at a gas station. B. do his or her own auto repairs and those of his or her neighbors. C. hire a professional mechanic to repair his or her car. D. only repair the cars of other doctors.
A correct formula (dropping all minus signs) for the calculation of the elasticity of demand between point Q1, P1 and point Q2, P2 is
A. [(P2? P1)/(P2 + P1)]/[(Q2? Q1)/(Q2 + Q1)]. B. [(P2? P1)/P1]/[(Q2? Q1)/Q1]. C. [(Q2? Q1)/(Q2 + Q1)]/[(P2? P1)/(P2 + P1)]. D. [(Q2? Q1)/Q2)]/[(P2? P1)/P2].
Which of the following is NOT a reason why natural GDP might fall as a result of a supply shock?
A) The production function shifts downward. B) There might be a voluntary decline in the supply of labor in response to the decline in real wages. C) The supply of labor is a function of the expected wage rate. D) none of the above
According to the data in the table, the inflation rate for 1996 was
Consider the following data from the Economic Report of the President.
a) 10.22 %
b) 2.28 %
c) 2.46 %
d) 1.1022 %
e) 11.022 %