Firms can protect information in the form of inventions and other industrial know-how under which two types of laws?

A) patents and trade secrets
B) trade secrets and copyrights
C) trade secrets and trademarks
D) patents and copyrights


A) patents and trade secrets

Economics

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In 2008, Germany had a budget deficit of 37 billion euros. This deficit resulted in

A) a rightward shift of the supply of loanable funds curve. B) a leftward shift of the demand for loanable funds curve. C) a crowding out effect in which investment decreases. D) the Ricardo-Barro effect and an increase in the interest rate.

Economics

Sally is a U.S. citizen who works for an Italian company at the branch office located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Sally's work will contribute toward:

A. U.S. GDP since Sally's a citizen. B. U.S. GDP since the location of her office is in the U.S. C. Italian GDP since she's working for an Italian firm. D. both the U.S. and Italy's GDP.

Economics

Assume that business investment spending rises, and the increase is funded by greater borrowing in the capital markets. If the nation has low mobility international capital markets and a fixed exchange rate system, what happens to the GDP Price Index and monetary base in the context of the Three-Sector-Model? a. The GDP Price Index rises and monetary base rises

b. The GDP Price Index rises and monetary base falls. c. The GDP Price Index and monetary base fall. d. The GDP Price Index and monetary base remain the same. e. There is not enough information to determine what happens to these two macroeconomic variables.

Economics

List and discuss the importance of the major effects of the deregulation that occurred in the 1980s.

What will be an ideal response?

Economics