Related to the Economics in Practice on page 10: Prior to joining a fraternity, James spent most of his evenings and weekends studying for his classes. Once he joined the fraternity, James spent a majority of his evenings and weekends going to parties. This change in behavior is best described by
A. the problem of causality.
B. the ceteris paribus error.
C. the fallacy of logic.
D. the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy.
Answer: A
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In Macroland autonomous consumption equals 100, the marginal propensity to consume equals 0.75, net taxes are fixed at 40, investment is fixed at 50, government purchases are fixed at 150, and net exports are fixed at 20. The vertical intercept of the aggregate expenditures model line is
A. 290. B. 0.25. C. 0.75. D. 320.
The cost of producing an additional unit of a good or service that falls on people other than the producer of that good or service is the
A) marginal external cost. B) marginal private cost. C) marginal social cost. D) None of the above answers is correct.
Suppose that a mutual fund, Washington Peak Strategic Bond Fund, believes it has hit upon a winning investment strategy.The fund uses an active management strategy to try to outperform the bond market
According to Washington Peak's prospectus, investors need to pay fees of 2 percent annually.Based on the historical success of their active investment strategy, the strategy is projected to generate annual returns (once fees are paid) of 8 percent. A friend of yours is considering investing in Washington Peak and asks you for investment advice. What would you suggest?
Recent research by Keynesians and classicals has led to
A) a reconciliation of the types of models they use. B) the recognition by classical economists that prices adjust very slowly. C) convincing evidence that TFP shocks are the dominant force affecting the business cycle. D) the refutation of the efficiency wage model.