If some industries exhibit internal increasing returns to scale in each country, we should not expect to see
A) perfect competition in these industries.
B) intra-industry trade between countries.
C) inter-industry trade between countries.
D) high levels of specialization in both countries.
E) increased productivity in both countries.
A
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Imagine that the economy is at a point on that is below both AA and DD, where both the output and asset markets are out of equilibrium. Which first action is TRUE?
A) The economy will stay at this level in the short run. B) The exchange rate will first rise to a point on the AA schedule. C) The exchange rate will first rise to a point on the DD schedule. D) The AA-DD equilibrium will shift to the position of the economy. E) The output level will first increase to a position on the DD schedule.
If the economy is on the LM curve, but is to the left of the IS curve, aggregate output will ________ and the interest rate will ________
A) rise; rise B) rise; fall C) fall; rise D) fall; fall
The Malthusian dilemma relates to marginal product in that
A) starvation can be averted only if marginal product is constant. B) because of diminishing marginal product, the amount of food produced by each additional member of the population increases. C) because of diminishing marginal product, the amount of food produced by each additional member of the population decreases. D) because of diminishing marginal product, the wage falls as the population decreases. E) because of diminishing average product, the population will not have additional capital to work with.
State and local governments generate most of their revenues through
A. Inventory and excise taxes. B. Corporate profit taxes. C. Sales and property taxes. D. Income taxes.