The development of a low-cost synthetic fuel is expected to cause a decrease in the price of oil
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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If the Fed buys government securities, then
A) the quantity of money is not changed, just its composition. B) new bank reserves are created. C) the quantity of money decreases. D) bank reserves are destroyed. E) banks' excess reserves decrease.
If a series of severe storms in the Atlantic Ocean drastically significantly disrupted the transatlantic slave trade, which would most accurately describe the market for indentured servants in colonial America?
a. The price and quantity of servants would increase. b. The price and quantity of servants would decrease. c. The price of servants would increase and the quantity of servants would decrease. d. The price of servants would decrease and the quantity of servants would increase.
In the short run, the fixed costs of a firm:
A. can sometimes be avoided in the short run. B. are irrelevant in deciding whether to shut down production. C. are equal to zero when quantity produced is zero. D. are all the costs it incurs when it produces some positive quantity.
The idea that people change their behavior in response to taxes is
A. highly controversial among economists. B. accepted by economists, but debated by those in Congress. C. uncontroversial among economists. D. None of these statements is true.