In the United States, the top 20 percent of income earners earn:
A. over 60 percent of total income.
B. over 70 percent of total income.
C. just under 50 percent of total income.
D. just under 40 percent of total income.
C. just under 50 percent of total income.
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Hong Kong is an example of an economy that
A) does not experience economic growth because it is not a democracy. B) experiences economic growth in spite of the fact that is lacks democratic freedom. C) grows more slowly than other Asian countries because property rights are not valued. D) needs to promote investment so that economic growth can occur. E) lacks economic freedom and therefore experiences the slowest economic growth of all developed economies.
Adkins Air is the only seller offering service directly from Milwaukee to Greensboro. The market is contestable. Thus the Nash Equilibrium for a game between Adkins Air and a potential entrant is when the potential entrant
A) enters and Adkins earns a normal profit. B) enters and Adkins earns an economic profit. C) does not enter and Adkins earns a normal profit. D) does not enter and Adkins earns an economic profit.
In financial markets, leverage refers to:
A) the use of borrowed money in an investment B) the power to influence the market C) the use of political connections in attaining financial outcomes D) the role that speculators have in impacting market outcomes
Suppose angioplasty and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery are substitute treatment alternatives for coronary artery disease. What should happen to the equilibrium price and quantity of angioplasty procedures if a new CABG technique is introduced that is less invasive (requiring a 4 inch incision under the breast bone rather than cracking open the patient's rib cage) and requires
one-third the recovery period of regular CABG surgery. a. Both price and quantity will increase. b. Both price and quantity will decrease. c. Price will increase and quantity will decrease. d. Price will decrease and quantity will increase. e. The introduction of a new CABG procedure should have no effect on the price or quantity of angioplasty procedures.