Suppose the price elasticity of demand for a product is 1.3 . If a supplier wants to increase revenue, what change should it make to price, if any?
Reduce price
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Refer to Table 2-11. This table shows the number of labor hours required to produce a cell phone and a board foot of lumber in Estonia and Finland
a. Which country has an absolute advantage in the production of cell phones? b. Which country has an absolute advantage in the production of lumber? c. What is Estonia's opportunity cost of producing one cell phone? d. What is Finland's opportunity cost of producing one cell phone? e. What is Estonia's opportunity cost of producing one board foot of lumber? f. What is Finland's opportunity cost of producing one board foot of lumber? g. If each country specializes in the production of the product in which it has a comparative advantage, who should produce cell phones? h. If each country specializes in the production of the product in which it has a comparative advantage, who should produce lumber?
In a market economy, income depends mostly on
a. productivity b. luck c. age d. sex e. discrimination
Suppose that the central bank must follow a rule that requires it to increase the money supply when the price level falls and decrease the money supply when the price level rises. If the economy starts from long-run equilibrium and aggregate supply shifts left, the central bank must
a. decrease the money supply so interest rates rise. b. decrease the money supply so interest rates fall. c. increase the money supply so interest rates rise. d. increase the money supply so interest rates fall.
Which of the following explains why the original Phillips curve relation disappeared or, as some economists have remarked, "broke down" in the 1970s?
A) Individuals assumed the expected price level for the current year would be equal to the actual price level from the previous year. B) Individuals assumed that expected inflation would be zero C) Individuals changed the way they formed expectations of inflation. D) Monetary policy became contractionary. E) More labor contracts became indexed to changes in inflation.