An appropriate test of the effectiveness of an economic model is

A) the number of variables contained within the model.
B) the model's ability to predict future economic activity.
C) the number of economists who have worked on the model.
D) the number of assumptions which the economist has made.


B

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A) 10.0 B) 6.0 C) 0.25 D) 16.0 E) 4.0

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a. True b. False

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A. sell as many stocks as possible. B. continue to diversify your investment portfolio. C. buy only government bonds. D. hold all available stocks and sell them later.

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