A contractionary fiscal policy is shown as a:
A. rightward shift in the economy's aggregate demand curve.
B. rightward shift in the economy's aggregate supply curve.
C. movement along an existing aggregate demand curve.
D. leftward shift in the economy's aggregate demand curve.
D. leftward shift in the economy's aggregate demand curve.
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One of the consequences of a rent ceiling set below the equilibrium rent is
A) decreased search activity. B) increased search activity. C) the establishment of landlord unions. D) surpluses of apartments. E) the elimination of the deadweight loss that would otherwise exist in the housing market.
Which of the following describes the difference between "scarcity" and "shortage"?
A) There is no difference; either word can be used to describe the situation that exists when there is less of a good or service available than people want. B) There is a shortage of almost everything. Scarcity occurs only if the quantity demanded of a good or service is greater than the quantity supplied at the current market price. C) In the economic sense, almost everything is scarce. A shortage of a good or service occurs when the quantity demanded is greater than the quantity supplied at the current market price. D) In the economic sense, almost everything is scarce. A shortage of a good or service occurs when the quantity demanded is greater than the quantity supplied at the equilibrium price.
In most cases, higher interest rates cause the velocity of M1 to
A) turn negative. B) move erratically. C) increase. D) decline.
According to convergence theory, countries that start out poor should initially grow:
A. faster than ones that start out rich, but will eventually slow to the same growth rate. B. slower than ones that start out rich, but will eventually grow to the same growth rate. C. faster than ones that start out rich, and will eventually surpass their level of income. D. slower than ones that start out rich, and therefore will never reach a similar growth rate.