Which of the following would cause the price level to rise and output to fall in the short run?
a. an increase in the money supply
b. a decrease in the money supply
c. an adverse supply shock
d. a favorable supply shock
c
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Saving equals:
A. assets minus liabilities. B. wealth minus assets. C. current income minus spending on current needs. D. current spending minus current income.
As pointed out by the "big tradeoff," government action that redistributes incomes so that everyone has the same income leads to
A) fairness according to the "fair rules" approach. B) efficient markets. C) resources being allocated according to a command system. D) a smaller total output. E) lower taxes on the rich than on the poor so that the rich do not lose their incentive to work.
The local government is holding an auction for a contract to build a new multi-deck parking lot downtown. If the government has a policy to release its own cost estimates of the work to the auction participants, the participants will have ________ confidence in their own cost estimates and will submit ________ bids.
A) less; lower B) more; lower C) less; more D) more; higher
If a good is nonexcludable,
a. the providing it is Pareto optimal b. people have an incentive to become free riders on that good c. then it is probably also nonrival d. then it is a pure public good e. then it is a pure private good