The assertion that the median voter is "king" refers directly to the result established by the
a. Arrow impossibility theorem.
b. Condorcet paradox.
c. median voter theorem.
d. Borda mechanism.
c
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Suppose your economics professor has an extra copy of textbook that he or she would like to give to a student in the class. Which of the following schemes is the most likely to result in an efficient outcome?
A. Auctioning off the textbook to the highest bidder. B. Letting students take turns using the textbook. C. Giving the textbook to the student who has the lowest midterm score. D. Randomly selecting one student to receive the textbook.
The Fed's purchase of government securities could
A) increase loans made by banks. B) be an effective anti-inflationary policy. C) decrease the price level and have no effect on real GDP. D) decrease bank reserves.
A monopolist is the sole supplier of a good or service for which there are no close substitutes
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Assume you borrow $1,000 on credit cards at an annual interest rate of 10 percent. If the inflation rate is 12 percent during the year and the debt has to be paid back in 12 months, then:
a. income will be redistributed from you to the bank. b. the real return for the bank will be greater than initially expected. c. you will repay the bank with fewer dollars than you borrowed. d. the dollars repaid will have less purchasing power than those borrowed. e. the bank will obtain the same return on the loan as initially expected.