What is moral hazard?
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
When one side of an economic relationship takes undesirable or costly actions the other side cannot observe.
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Starting from long-run equilibrium, a large decrease in government purchases will result in a(n) ________ gap in the short-run and ________ inflation and ________ output in the long-run.
A. expansionary; lower; potential B. expansionary; higher; potential C. recessionary; lower; potential D. recessionary; lower; lower
The figure above shows the market for pants. If the government subsidizes the production of pants so that production expands from 6 million pairs to 7 million pairs,
A) there would be no deadweight loss. B) the government's policy would have no effect on the sum of consumer surplus and producer surplus. C) a deadweight loss would result. D) the government's policy would increase the sum of consumer surplus and producer surplus. E) production would be even more efficient than if 6 million pairs of pants are produced because more is always better than less.
If nominal GDP is $10 trillion, and the money supply is $2 trillion, velocity is
A) 0.2. B) 5. C) 10. D) 20.
If a firm is wondering whether or not it should "buy or make,"
A) it is exploring its horizontal boundaries. B) it is exploring its vertical boundaries. C) it is exploring the boundaries of its network. D) it is considering a "winner-take-all" event.