Which of the following was one of the likely causes of the productivity problem in the 1970s?

A. a reduction in government regulation
B. an increase in investment spending
C. low saving rates
D. increased research and development spending


Answer: C

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The idea of time inconsistency explains procrastination by:

A. recognizing that we have several modes of decision making, and the less time we have to react, the worse the decision is. B. recognizing that our ability to remember long-term benefits when making decisions diminishes the closer the action becomes. C. recognizing that we have two modes of decision making, a "future-oriented" and a "present-oriented" self, who have conflicting objectives. D. recognizing that we never take long-term benefits into account.

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Other things equal, if the price of a key resource used to produce product X falls, the:

A. product supply curve of X will shift to the left. B. product demand curve of X will shift to the left. C. product demand curve of X will shift to the right. D. product supply curve of X will shift to the right.

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If a firm is producing at the kink in its demand curve and it decides to decrease its price, according to the kinked demand model

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