In a country with floating exchange rates and low capital mobility, an increase in government spending will be
A) highly effective.
B) less effective than with high capital mobility.
C) not effective at all.
D) harmful to the growth of real incomes.
A
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Advocates of flexible exchange rates claim that under flexible exchange rates, the central bank of
A) an overheated economy could cool down activity by increasing the money supply without worrying that undesired reserve inflow would undermine its stabilization effort. B) a cooled economy could cool down activity by contracting the money supply without worrying that undesired reserve inflow would undermine its stabilization effort. C) an overheated economy could cool down activity by contracting the money supply without worrying that undesired reserve inflow would undermine its stabilization effort. D) an overheated economy could cool down activity by contracting the money supply without worrying that undesired reserve outflow would undermine its stabilization effort. E) an overheated economy could cool down activity by decreasing employment and increasing output without worrying that this would undermine its stabilization effort.
Although firms earn zero profits in the long run, why is the outcome from monopolistic competition considered to be inefficient?
A) Price exceeds marginal cost. B) Quantity is lower than the perfectly competitive outcome. C) Goods are not identical. D) A and B are correct. E) B and C are correct.
Which of the following is correct? When the price of normal good Z falls:
A) both income and substitution effects cause the consumer to buy more. B) both income and substitution effects cause the consumer to buy less. C) the income effect causes the consumer to buy less, but the substitution effect causes her to buy more. D) the income effect causes the consumer to buy more, but the substitution effect causes her to buy less.
Consumer sovereignty is mainly applicable to ______ economies.
a. traditional b. centralized c. command d. market