Situation 4-1 During the winter of 1973-74, a general system of wage and price controls (including a price ceiling on gasoline) was in force in the United States. At the beginning of 1974, some oil-producing countries imposed an oil embargo (a legal prohibition on commerce) on the West. In the spring of 1974, price controls were abolished. Refer to Situation 4-1. An economist would have most
likely predicted that once price controls were abolished in the spring of 1974,
A) the price of gasoline would decline sharply.
B) the surplus of gasoline would go away.
C) the shortage of gasoline would go away.
D) the demand for gasoline would decrease.
E) both c and d
C
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Refer to Figure 18-6. If area X = 2,060, area Y = 240, and area Z = 2,700, calculate the Gini coefficient for Islandia
A) 0.41 B) 0.45 C) 0.70 D) 0.76
In the graph above, what do the dotted lines represent?
A) transaction and opportunity costs B) the boundaries of profitability for arbitrage C) the risk premium associated with the countries D) the variability in spot rate expectations
Other things being equal, if you took money out of your savings deposit account and put it in a demand deposit account:
a. M1 would increase and M2 would increase. b. M1 would increase but M2 would not change. c. M1 would decrease and M2 would decrease. d. M1 would fall but M2 would not change.
Externalities can be difficult to detect in open economies.
A. True B. False C. Uncertain