If government policy makers become more secretive, then the short run aggregate supply curve should get
a. flatter.
b. more horizontal.
c. vertical.
d. steeper.
B
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If MPC = 0.8, a $200 billion increase in government purchases would have what size effect on the "first round" of induced added consumption, and what total effect on AD?
a. increase "first round" consumption by $80 billion; increase AD by $400 billion b. increase "first round" consumption by $160 billion; increase AD by $1 trillion c. increase "first round" consumption by $200 billion; increase AD by $1 trillion d. increase "first round" consumption by $800 billion; increase AD by $4 trillion
The natural rate hypothesis states that the economy will self-correct back to the natural rate of unemployment, so that a move along a short run Phillips curve will not be permanent
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
If there are both external benefits and external costs associated with the production and consumption of a good, and the external benefits are equal in magnitude to the external costs,
a. More than the efficient amount is being produced b. Less than the efficient amount is being produced c. the efficient amount is being produced d. We do not know whether the efficient amount, or more or less, is being produced.
The free-rider problem
a. forces the supply of a public good to exceed its demand. b. results in common resources becoming club goods. c. explains why many local governments supply public goods. d. results in public goods becoming private goods.