Consumption depends on:

A. total income.
B. disposable income.
C. pre-tax income.
D. Consumption is unrelated to income.


B. disposable income.

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a. the supply of currency in the foreign exchange market, and the supply of loanable funds. b. the supply of currency in the foreign exchange market, and the demand for loanable funds. c. the demand for currency in the foreign exchange market, and the supply of loanable funds. d. the demand for currency in the foreign exchange market, and the demand for loanable funds.

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Refer to the graph shown depicting a monopolistically competitive firm. The marginal cost curve is represented by curve:

A. A. B. B. C. C. D. D.

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A) an initial head start gives a scale advantage to already existing firms in one country. B) diseconomies of scale make it impossible for new firms to enter the market. C) a location has a better-developed linkage between suppliers and producers, giving it a cost advantage. D) a historical accident, such as the shifting of airplane production to the United States to avoid World War II bombings, causes firms in one location to have a competitive advantage.

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