In the 1980s, Japan agreed to limit the quantity of automobiles it would export to the United States. Why did the Japanese government agree to this trade restriction?
A) The Japanese government wanted more automobiles to be available for export to countries other than the United States.
B) The Japanese government feared that the alternative would be a tariff or quota on imports of Japanese automobiles imposed by the U.S. government.
C) The Japanese government wanted to limit sales to the United States in order to make more automobiles available for Japanese consumers.
D) Japanese automobile producers lobbied for the restrictions in order to increase the price of their exports to the United States.
B
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A) if perfect capital mobility is assumed B) because with no barriers to capital flows, if rw > r domestic residents would just borrow abroad putting upward pressures on the domestic rate until both rates equal each other C) because with no barriers to capital flows, if rw < r domestic residents would only lend to foreigners putting downward pressures on the domestic rate until both rates equal each other D) all of the above E) none of the above
The stock market boom of the 1920s occurred in part because the demand for stocks increased. The source of this demand increase originated from whom?
(a) Ordinary workers who experienced rising wages and now had incentive to invest in the stock market, thus driving up stock prices. (b) The people in the upper income strata; they received a high percentage of the increase in realized income during the 1920s and invested much of it in the stock market. (c) Farmers who, finding agriculture increasingly unprofitable, began investing in the stock market rather than in farm land and equipment. (d) Foreign investors who were optimistic about America's future and accordingly invested in American stocks.
If a firm's short-run total cost curve lies above its total revenue curve at all output levels, the firm should
a. always shut down in the short run b. always operate in the short run c. operate in the short run if the maximum operating loss is less than its total fixed cost d. operate in the short run if the minimum operating loss is less than its total fixed cost e. operate in the short run if the average operating loss is less than its total fixed cost
According to the Congressional Budget Office, from 1979 to 1999, the natural rate of unemployment in the United States:
A. fell. B. fell to zero, and has since become negative. C. increased. D. remained relatively stable.