Which of the following is considered a financial intermediary?
a. The Federal Reserve
b. A bankruptcy court
c. The U.S. Department of Commerce
d. A credit union
e. A foreign exchange
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In the above table, diminishing marginal returns start to occur when the
A) 3rd worker is employed. B) 4th worker is employed. C) 5th worker is employed. D) 6th worker is employed.
Adverse selection refers to when:
A. one party to a transaction has more information than the other and this results in a bargaining dispute. B. one party selects the wrong strategy and they are displeased with their selection. C. one party to a transaction has more information than the other and transactions occur less frequently due to the information asymmetry. D. neither party is willing to be party to a transaction because they don’t have enough information.
Suppose that a firm in an industry subject to diminishing returns to scale is initially in long run equilibrium. Which of the following will not be part of the industry adjustment process to a permanent increase in demand? a. Some firms will temporarily make economic profits
b. Some new firms will enter. c. The long run equilibrium price will be higher than the initial equilibrium price. d. All of the above will be consequences.
The production possibilities curve shows:
A. the various combinations of two goods that can be produced when society employs all of its scarce resources. B. the minimum outputs of two goods that will sustain a society. C. the various combinations of two goods that can be produced when some resources are unemployed. D. the ideal, but unattainable, combinations of two goods that would maximize consumer satisfactions.