The primary value of real GDP is its ability to measure year-to-year changes in

What will be an ideal response?


real output.

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Suppose x is an inferior good. Then we will overestimate the deadweight loss from taxes on consumption good x if we use the uncompensated demand curve rather than the marginal willingness to pay (or compensated demand) curve.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Define what is meant by the period known as the short run

What will be an ideal response?

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An advantage of a negative income tax is _____

a. it is more paternalistic than in-kind transfer payments b. it could replace many existing transfer programs c. it eliminates the incentive to substitute into leisure d. it has no excess burden

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Ashley puts money in a savings account at her bank earning 2 percent interest. One year later she takes her money out and notes that prices rose 3 percent. Ashley earned a a. real interest rate of -1 percent due to inflation

b. real interest rate of 1 percent due to inflation. c. nominal interest rate of -1 percent due to inflation. d. nominal interest rate of 1 percent due to inflation.

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