If the demand for a good is perfectly elastic, then the demand curve is horizontal

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


TRUE

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Consider an investment with the following payoffs and probabilities: State of the Economy Probability Return GDP grows slowly .70 1,000 GDP grow fast .30 2,000 Let the expected value in this example be 1,300 . How do we find the standard deviation of the investment?

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Which of the following statements about incentives is true?

a. Changing one incentive can result in several unseen effects. b. Understanding how people respond to incentives helps government planners organize the economy. c. Fair-minded people who care about others will not be affected by incentives. d. Emphasizing incentives ignores altruistic nonmonetary values.

Economics

What will you conclude about a regression model if the Breusch-Pagan test results in a small p-value?

A. The model contains homoskedasticty. B. The model contains heteroskedasticty. C. The model contains dummy variables. D. The model omits some important explanatory factors.

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