An important role of financial institutions is to
A) provide borrowers with low interest rates.
B) provide information to lenders about the quality of financial claims issued.
C) buy primary securities.
D) control the money supply.
B
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In the figure above, the lowest 20 percent of all households receive ________ percent of all income, the next lowest 20 percent receive ________ percent of all income and the richest 20 percent receive ________ percent of all income
A) 20; 20; 20 B) 20; 40; 100 C) 10; 20; 40 D) 10; 10; 40
Which of the following correctly describes the automatic mechanism through which the economy adjusts to long-run equilibrium?
A) the rightward shift of the aggregate demand curve that occurs during a recession B) the leftward shift of the short-run aggregate supply curve that occurs after a recession C) the rightward shift of the short-run aggregate supply curve that occurs after a recession D) the leftward shift of the aggregate demand curve that occurs after a recession
Figure 4-24
Refer to . The per-unit burden of the tax on sellers is
a.
P3 - P1.
b.
P3 - P2.
c.
P2 - P1.
d.
Q2 - Q1.
In which of the following models of firm behavior do firms make strategic pricing decisions and also charge a perfectly competitive price?
A. Contestable market model of oligopoly B. Monopoly model C. Perfectly competitive model D. Cartel model of oligopoly