According to Okun's Law, if GDP increased by 12%, the unemployment rate would decrease by
A. 2 percentage point.
B. 3 percentage points.
C. 4 percentage points.
D. 6 percentage points.
Answer: C
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Does the government payment represent a true cost-of-living adjustment? A) Yes, if the two consumption bundles lie on the same indifference curve. B) Yes, if the second bundle yields more utility than the first. C) No, the first bundle is clearly preferred. D) Not enough information.
A tariff is a tax placed on
a. an exported good and it lowers the domestic price of the good below the world price. b. an exported good and it ensures that the domestic price of the good stays the same as the world price. c. an imported good and it lowers the domestic price of the good below the world price. d. an imported good and it raises the domestic price of the good above the world price.
When an industry is characterized by technology spillover, what should the government do to ensure that the market equilibrium equals the socially optimal equilibrium?
a. Impose a tax greater than the value of the technology spillover. b. Not allow production of any product that causes a technology spillover. c. Provide a subsidy equal to the value of the technology spillover. d. Require producers to "clean up" any spillover that results from their production process.
If a country's central bank does not intervene in the foreign exchange market, the country has
A) a crawling peg exchange rate policy. B) a fixed exchange rate policy. C) a flexible exchange rate policy. D) no exchange rate policy.