Insurance companies do NOT offer fair insurance because
A) they are run by greedy capitalists.
B) they could not stay in business.
C) they cannot diversify their risks.
D) they are risk-avoiding.
B
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Refer to Figure 27-1. Suppose the economy is in short-run equilibrium below potential GDP and no fiscal or monetary policy is pursued. Using the static AD-AS model in the figure above, this would be depicted as a movement from
A) A to E. B) C to B. C) B to C. D) B to A. E) A to B.
Suppose that the one-year forward price of euros in terms of dollars is equal to $1.113 per euro. Further, assume that the spot exchange rate is $1.05 per euro, and the interest rate on dollar deposits is 10 percent and on euro it is 4 percent
Under these assumptions A) interest parity does not hold. B) interest parity does hold. C) it is hard to tell whether interest parity does or does not hold. D) Not enough information is given to answer the question. E) interest parity fluctuates.
Under which of the following scenarios is it most likely that monopoly power will be exhibited by firms?
A) When there are few firms in the market and the demand curve faced by each firm is relatively inelastic. B) When there are many firms in the market and the demand curve faced by each firm is relatively inelastic. C) When there are few firms in the market and the demand curve faced by each firm is relatively elastic. D) When there are many firms in the market and the demand curve faced by each firm is relatively elastic.
The slope of an indifference curve is equal to the ratio of the ____ of the good on the horizontal axis to the ____ of the good on the vertical axis
a. marginal utility (MU); marginal utility (MU) b. total utility (TU); total utility (TU) c. marginal product (MP); marginal product (MP) d. price (P); total utility (TU)