Answer the question on the basis of the following information. Suppose the members of population A, consisting of Al, Bob, Curt, Doris, and Ellie, receive annual incomes of $5,000, $2,500, $1,250, $750, and $500, respectively. Refer to the given
information. What percentage of total income is received by the richest quintile?
A. 50.
B. 5.
C. 25.
D. 20.
Answer: A
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Refer to Table 2-10. Which of the following statements is true?
A) Barney has a comparative advantage in making unicycles and Fred in making pogo sticks. B) Barney has a comparative advantage in making pogo sticks and Fred in making unicycles. C) Barney has a comparative advantage in making both products. D) Fred has a comparative advantage in making both products.
Relative to the Keynesians, the supply-side economists
a. place more emphasis on the importance on the level of investment than on the level of income. b. place more emphasis on the after-tax rate of return as a determinant of investment. c. are more concerned with government budget deficits. d. All of the above
If consumption expenditures increased by $150 million, while GDP remained the same, which of the following could have occurred, all else equal?
a. Exports increased by $150 million b. Imports decreased by $150 million c. Net exports increased by $150 million d. Net exports decreased by $150 million e. Private investment increased by $150 million
Last year, an economy produced 2400 bananas, 3000 satsumas and 2500 peaches. The price of bananas was €0.50, the price of satsumas was €0.60 and the price of peaches was €0.50. Nominal GDP was:
(a) € 5200. (b) € 6600. (c) € 4250. (d) Cannot be computed.