Industrial production, total sales, nonfarm employment, and after-tax household income are examples of ________ indicators of economic activity.
A. preceding
B. lagged
C. real
D. coincident
Answer: D
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The quantity of real GDP supplied decreases if the price level ________ because it ________ profits
A) falls; decreases B) rises; increases C) rises; decreases D) falls; increases E) None of the above answers is correct because the AS curve is vertical so that the quantity of real GDP supplied does not change when the price level changes.
The upward-sloping character of the labor supply schedule assumes that the ________
A) the substitution effect is equal to the income effect B) the substitution effect is larger than the income effect C) the substitution effect is smaller than the income effect D) the ratio of real wages to the marginal product of labor is equal to the equilibrium nominal wage
Tim Tupper's term paper-typing business is a perfectly competitive firm in long-run equilibrium. Which of the following does not describes the firm's situation?
a. It will be minimizing average total cost. b. It will be charging a price equal to marginal cost. c. It will be charging a price equal to average total cost. d. It will be earning a normal profit. e. Entrepreneurs outside the industry will be eager to enter.
An example of the command-and-control approach to environmental policy is:
a. allowing individuals to sue freon producers if CFC emissions exceed a government-set standard. b. allowing coal producers to buy and sell permits to allow CFC emissions. c. placing a tax on freon to reduce its use and the corresponding CFC emissions (which contribute to the ozone hole). d. none of these.