All of the following are nominal quantities except the:
A. wages paid to workers at a restaurant.
B. cost of purchasing a new computer.
C. number of houses built in one month.
D. price of a new car.
Answer: C
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A) only one country can be made better off by trade. B) trade will only benefit both countries if one can lower its opportunity costs. C) trade cannot benefit either country. D) mutually beneficial trade is possible.
The most surprising outcome of the Solow growth model is that
A) the population growth rate has no effect on the standard of living. B) the capital-labor ratio has no effect on the output-labor ratio. C) a higher rate of national saving does not lead to a permanently higher rate of output growth. D) a higher rate of depreciation lowers the capital-labor ratio, but not the output-labor ratio.
Group disaster Mary, Jane, Janet and Samantha chose each other for a group project since they knew that they were all high achievers. Once the project rolled around however, their group actually did more poorly than the group where all the members knew that others were slackers. How did that happen?
Medical research helps to develop better treatments for neuromuscular disease. Medical researchers are constantly in search of funds. Many in the public, however, are unwilling to contribute money toward neuromuscular disease research until a member of their own family suffers from a neuromuscular ailment. If left strictly to the private market, it is likely that there will be: a. an
overallocation of resources to neuromuscular disease research, relative to the efficient level. b. an underallocation of resources to neuromuscular disease research, relative to the efficient level. c. an efficient quantity of resources devoted to neuromuscular disease research. d. an efficient quantity of resources devoted to neuromuscular disease research.