Which of the following demonstrates the endowment effect?
A) If you received a good as a gift, you are less likely to attach a monetary value to the good.
B) Isabella was not willing to part with her "Chris Hemsworth" poster although she was offered $100 for it, a sum greater than what it costs to purchase another such poster.
C) Chris Hemsworth commands a premium in the movie industry because he is endowed with dashing looks.
D) Whelan inherits a cottage in Cape Cod from his grandfather and is unwilling to sell it for sentimental reasons.
B
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The aggregate demand curve shows the
A) total amount of nominal goods that the participants in the economy want to purchase. B) amount of goods producers will produce as production costs fall. C) total amount of real goods that foreigners want to purchase. D) total amount of planned expenditures on goods and services at each possible price level.
Which of the following statements is true?
A) An individual with property rights is likely to have lower productivity than an individual without property rights. B) Inclusive institutions do not support the provision of property rights to society and hence foster economic prosperity. C) Productivity of individuals is likely to be independent of the availability of property rights. D) An individual with property rights is likely to have higher productivity than an individual without property rights.
Bonnie can produce either 10 hats or 20 scarves in a month. Phil can produce either 10 hats or 5 scarves in a month. Therefore:
A) Phil has a comparative advantage in hats, Bonnie in scarves. B) Bonnie has a comparative advantage in hats, Phil in scarves. C) Phil has a comparative advantage in both hats and scarves. D) Bonnie has a comparative advantage in both hats and scarves. E) Neither of them has a comparative advantage in hats.
The table above represents five points on the production possibility frontier for the small country of Baca, which produces only rugs (measured in thousands) and wheat (measured in thousands of bushels): Does the production possibility frontier
demonstrate the law of increasing opportunity cost? How can you tell?