Which of the following statements about voting is NOT true?
a. Voting theory posits that a majority vote by itself may indicate nothing at all about society's preferences.
b. In those situations where voting does occur, it can have imperfections, just like markets might.
c. There will be occasions when voters can advance their individual interests by misrepresenting their preferences or purchasing each other's votes.
d. It is possible to devise a voting method in which the outcomes always have certain desirable properties for all possible sets of voter preferences.
D
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A. Irrational behavior B. Rational behavior C. The fungibility of money D. None of these explain Luke's behavior.
The interest rate represents the opportunity cost of holding non-monetary assets
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Refer to the information provided in Figure 2.5 below to answer the question(s) that follow.
Figure 2.5Refer to Figure 2.5. The economy is currently at Point A. The opportunity cost of moving from Point A to Point B is the
A. 30 LCD televisions that must be forgone to produce 60 additional OLED televisions. B. 90 LCD televisions that must be forgone to produce 20 additional OLED televisions. C. 30 LCD televisions that must be forgone to produce 20 additional OLED televisions. D. 120 LCD televisions that must be forgone to produce 40 additional OLED televisions.
Janice earns an income of $2,000 a week and goes out to lunch 4 times a week. If her income increased to $2,100 she would go out to lunch 5 times a week. Compute Janice's income elasticity of demand
A) 0.22 B) 4.56 C) 2.28 D) -0.22