People always face trade-offs because
A) they always have more than one use for their time and money.
B) they buy goods with money.
C) trading takes place in a market economy.
D) they can make themselves better off through trade.
A
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If national laws protecting the health and safety of workers completely eliminate any and all risk, then
A) more people would be employed. B) workers in risky occupations become better off. C) compensating differentials would grow because workers could not be compensated by being given lower risk jobs. D) compensating wage differentials disappear and workers in risky occupations may be no better off.
The above figure shows a payoff matrix for two firms, A and B, that must choose between selling basic computers or advanced computers. How many Nash equilibria are there?
A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 4
A Starbucks Grande Latte costs $3.75 in the U.S. and 28 yuan in China. The nominal exchange rate is 6.75 yuan per dollar. The real exchange rate is
a. 1.106 . If purchasing-power parity held the nominal exchange rate would be higher. b. 1.106 . If purchasing-power parity held the nominal exchange rate would be lower. c. .904 . If purchasing power parity held the nominal exchange rate would be higher. d. .904 . If purchasing-power parity held the nominal exchange rate would be lower.
An assumption underlying indifference curve analysis is that MUx/MUy ________ as more of X and less of Y is consumed.
A. increases B. remains constant C. decreases D. always equals one