A major difficulty with the infant industry argument for protection is that
A) government revenue will fall with a tariff.
B) it requires the nation to fall into the large country case for tariff protection.
C) effective rates of protection are usually greater than nominal rates.
D) the measurement of production externalities is hard and uncertain.
E) the productivity of infant industries is usually declining.
D
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A) there are diseconomies of scale. B) there are barriers to entry and no close substitutes for the good being produced. C) a firm cannot price discriminate. D) firms engage in rent seeking. E) a firm must set MR equal to MC in order to maximize its profit.
The interest rate compensates
a. bankers for their time spent on paperwork b. borrowers for their increased consumption today c. savers for consumption forgone today d. consumers for more consumption today e. the Fed for its efforts to control the money supply
Economists calculate GDP two different ways. They add up the total value of all final goods and services produced in the economy in a given year and add up the total value of the resources used in making these goods and services. Identify these two approaches. a. The former calculation is called the circular flow approach to GDP; the latter is called the income approach to GDP
b. The former calculation is called the expenditure approach to GDP; the latter is called the income approach to GDP. c. The former calculation is called the income approach to GDP; the latter is called the expenditure approach to GDP. d. The former calculation is called the real GDP approach; the latter is called the nominal GDP approach. e. The former calculation is called the nominal GDP approach; the latter is called the real GDP approach.
If the Federal Reserve raises its target inflation rate, the monetary policy reaction function ________ and the aggregate demand curve ________.
A. shifts upward to the left; shifts to the right B. shifts downward to the right; shifts to the left C. shifts upward to the left; shifts to the left D. shifts downward to the right; shifts to the right