The clearest sign of inflation would be a(n)

a. increase in the price level.
b. increase in the quantity of total final output.
c. decrease in the quantity of total final output.
d. simultaneous increase in both output and prices.


a

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When Pigouvian subsidy is imposed on a market with a positive externality, total surplus:

A. increases more than the increase in consumer surplus. B. decreases less than the increase in consumer surplus. C. decreases more than the decrease to producer surplus. D. increases less than the decrease to producer surplus.

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In the long run, a year-long drought that destroys most of the summer's wheat crops causes permanently:

A. higher prices. B. lower prices. C. lower output. D. None of these is true.

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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