Fred enjoys smoking cigars, but his wife Wilma feels ill whenever she is around cigar smoke. Use the Coase theorem to explain how this problem could be solved without government involvement
What will be an ideal response?
Student responses should be one of two types. Some students will suggest that Wilma pay Fred to not smoke. Others will suggest that Fred pay Wilma for the right to smoke.
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a. both nominal and real GDP. b. nominal but not real GDP. c. real but not nominal GDP. d. neither nominal nor real GDP.
Suppose that the economy is at its long-run equilibrium and the government increases its purchases. Which will NOT occur as the economy moves back to its long-run equilibrium?
Suppose there is a report that the unemployment rate unexpectedly increased in the previous month. To what extent will the expected central bank response to this news affect how stock prices will respond to this report of a higher than expected unemployment rate? Explain
What will be an ideal response?
A situation in which the market system allocates too few resources to the production of a given activity is known as
A) market allocation. B) market failure. C) market efficiency. D) market signaling.