The gold standard period was
A) up until the first world war.
B) between the first and second world wars.
C) following the second world war until 1970.
D) between 1954 and 1970.
E) between 1814 and 1865.
A
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a town ranked #3 gets 1 point per vote, and a town ranked #4 gets no points per vote. With this method, the town that gets the greatest number of points is A) Desert Sands. B) Glacier Cove. C) Mountain View. D) Oceanside.
Refer to Figure 4-16. Suppose the market is initially in equilibrium at price P1 and now the government imposes a tax on every unit sold. Which of the following statements best describes the impact of the tax? For demand curve D1
A) the producer's share of the tax burden is the same whether the supply curve is S1 or S2. B) the producer bears a greater share of the tax burden if the supply curve is S2. C) the producer bears a greater share of the tax burden if the supply curve is S1. D) the producer bears the entire burden of the tax if the supply curve is S1 and the consumer bears the entire burden of the tax if the supply curve is S2.
An industry has 1000 competitive firms, each producing 50 tons of output. At the current market price of $10, half of the firms have a short-run supply curve with a slope of 1; the other half each have a short-run supply curve with slope 2
The short-run elasticity of market supply is A) 1/50 B) 3/10 C) 1/5 D) 2/5 E) none of the above
A price ceiling is
a. the lowest price that the law will allow to be charged in the market b. the highest price that the law will allow to be charged in the market c. the price that must be charged in the market d. imposed if the government believes the equilibrium price is too low e. applicable only in nonessential goods markets