Suppose scientists provide evidence that people who drink energy drinks are more likely to have a heart attack than people who do not drink energy drinks. We would expect to see

a. no change in the demand for energy drinks.
b. a decrease in the demand for energy drinks.
c. an increase in the demand for energy drinks.
d. a decrease in the supply of energy drinks.


b

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A) generally are not germane in quasi-experiments. B) typically require instrumental variable estimation in quasi-experiments. C) can be dealt with using binary variables in quasi-experiments. D) are the most important threat to internal validity in quasi-experiments.

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Suppose a firm is a price searcher in the product market and hires labor in a perfectly competitive labor market. The firm hires four workers, the marginal product of the fourth worker is 4, and the wage rate is $40 . The firm produces 100 units of the product, which sell for a price of $10 each. This firm is

a. maximizing profit when it hires four workers b. not maximizing profit and should hire more workers to increase profit c. not maximizing profit and should hire fewer workers to increase profit d. maximizing profit when it produces 100 units of the product e. not maximizing profit when it produces 100 units of the product and should increase production to increase profit

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Economic theory suggests politicians will be most likely to favor redistribution of income from

What will be an ideal response?

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