Starting from long-run equilibrium, a large increase in government purchases will result in a(n) ________ gap in the short-run and ________ inflation and ________ output in the long-run.
A. expansionary; higher; potential
B. recessionary; higher; potential
C. recessionary; lower; lower
D. expansionary; higher; higher
Answer: A
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A) full employment. B) price stability. C) full employment and price stability. D) full employment and moderate increase in prices. E) full employment and high disposable income.
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A. A humidity level of 90 percent is too high. B. It is too hot to run outside when the temperature exceeds 80 degrees. C. The temperature is 92 degrees today. D. Summer evenings are nice when it cools off to around 70 degrees.
If a firm has already paid or has agreed to pay for something, we call that cost:
A. a fixed cost. B. a spent cost. C. a sunk cost. D. a lost cost.
The monopolistically competitive firm's economic profits tend toward zero in the long run. Why is this so?
A) Monopolistically competitive firm's are rarely able to maintain the corporate discipline necessary to sustain profits in the long run. B) If a monopolistically competitive firm is profitable for more than 2 years, the Justice Department orders a corporate restructuring to pull the company back to a normal rate of return. C) In the long run, other firms will successfully offer substitutes for the profitable firm's product, and competition will eliminate economic profits. D) Even though the monopolistically competitive firm can successfully maintain barriers to entry, keeping competition at bay becomes very expensive.