Referring to a production possibilities curve and the goods being compared, depict the economic event. Suppose the United States was at full employment in 2003 just before invading Iraq. Although the war was won quickly, winning the peace took a decade (guns vs. butter).
A. A movement from a point on or near the curve to a point inside the curve
B. A shift in the entire curve to the right (outward)
C. A shift in the entire curve to the left (inward)
D. A movement along the curve
D. A movement along the curve
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When a surplus of rice occurs,
A) the price of rice rises. B) the price of rice falls. C) there is a balance between the forces of supply and demand. D) the quantity demanded is greater than quantity supplied at the current price. E) the demand curve shifts rightward and the supply curve shifts leftward to eliminate the surplus.
When the price of Ford pickup trucks rises from $18,000 to $19,000, the quantity of Chevy trucks demanded increases from 112,000 to 144,000. What does the cross elasticity of demand between Ford and Chevy trucks equal?
What will be an ideal response?
In the stock valuation formula "good news" affects both the numerator and denominator. Conventional wisdom on Wall Street is that the effect on the __________ is __________ the effect on the __________
A) numerator; less than; denominator B) numerator; greater than; denominator C) numerator; the same as; denominator D) None of the above.
The term "compensating differential" refers to
a. the fact that workers who do similar work should be paid the same wage. b. the fact that some workers live further from their jobs than do other workers. c. a wage difference that is due to unionization of some firms but not others. d. a wage difference that arises from nonmonetary characteristics of different jobs.