If a market participant believes that a stock price is irrationally high, they may try to borrow stock from brokers to sell in the market and then make a profit by buying the stock back again after the stock falls in price. This practice is called
A) short selling.
B) double dealing.
C) undermining.
D) long marketing.
A
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Regulation focused on the impact of production on the environment and society, the working conditions under which production occurs, or the physical attributes of goods, is known as
A) cost-of-service regulation. B) rate-of-return regulation. C) social regulation. D) monopoly regulation.
In Table 13-1, if the required reserve ratio is 10 percent, what will happen to the money supply? Use the oversimplified money multiplier in your calculations
a. The money supply will decrease by $100 million. b. The money supply will decrease by $10 million. c. The money supply will not change. d. The money supply will increase by $10 million. e. The money supply will increase by $100 million.
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Suppose it takes workers in Baldistan 20 hours to produce a metal folding table, and it takes workers in Plochia 18 hours to produce an identical table. Workers in Baldistan take 40 hours to produce a set of ceramic plates, and it takes workers in Plochia 22 hours to make identical plates. Which of the following is true?
A. Baldistan and Plochia can gain from trading with one another. B. Plochia is better off making both tables and plates and not trading with Baldistan. C. Plochia has a comparative advantage in making tables. D. Baldistan has an absolute advantage in making tables.