Featherbedding ultimately results in greater worker efficiency and therefore greater productivity and higher wages
a. True
b. False
B
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Suppose an economy has the following production function: Y = A × K1/4 × H3/4. Which of the following is true of this economy?
A) Production in this economy exhibits increasing returns to scale. B) Production in this economy exhibits decreasing returns to scale C) Production in this economy exhibits constant returns to scale. D) Production in this economy decreases when the price level increase.
The bias in the CPI affects government outlays because the overstatement of inflation
A) means that tax receipts are less than what is needed to cover government outlays. B) decreases government outlays by more than what is justified. C) increases government outlays by more than what is justified. D) decreases social welfare benefits. E) increases fiscal pressure.
Classifying a good as excludable means
A) that anyone who does not pay for the good cannot consume it. B) that consumption of the good generates no externalities. C) that a producer with patent or copyright protection can exclude any other producer from selling the product. D) that someone can be barred from consuming the good based on race, ethnicity, or some other irrelevant characteristic.
Indirect quotations in terms of foreign currency refers to:
A) expressing exchange rates as units of foreign currency in terms of domestic currency B) expressing exchange rates as units of domestic currency in terms of foreign currency C) expressing exchange rates of less traded currency by using a "major" currency D) expressing exchange rates in terms of commodities such as gold