Oil companies lobbying the government for gasoline price supports are engaging in rent-seeking behavior.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


True

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In a perfectly competitive labor market, at the equilibrium wage rate:

A) cyclical unemployment is negative. B) frictional unemployment is positive. C) frictional unemployment is zero. D) cyclical unemployment is positive.

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The figure above shows the relationship between the price of a dozen roses and the quantity of roses a florist can sell. The relationship between the price and the quantity the florist can sell is

A) positive. B) negative. C) nonexistent. D) linear. E) cross-sectionally trended.

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If the principal amount of a bond is $2,000,000, the coupon rate is 6 percent , and the inflation rate is 4 percent, then the annual coupon payment made to the holder of the bond is:

A. $80,000. B. $40,000. C. $120,000. D. $12,000.

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The foreign purchases effect:

A. shifts the aggregate demand curve rightward. B. shifts the aggregate demand curve leftward. C. shifts the aggregate supply curve rightward. D. moves the economy along a fixed aggregate demand curve.

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