Arthur is an unskilled worker who is currently unemployed. He has been offered a job that pays $40 a day, but he is currently receiving unemployment insurance benefits equal to $50 a day, so he chooses not to accept the job and to continue looking for a better job. Arthur is ________ unemployed.
A. cyclically
B. structurally
C. not
D. frictionally
Answer: B
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A) leads to deadweight losses. B) redistributes income. C) works more effectively for countries that are small relative to the total market. D) potentially makes conditions worse as production moves to the informal sector.
When a collective consumption good become congested _____
a. nothing happens b. it moves closer towards being a purely private good c. free riding becomes more of a problem d. exclusion becomes impossible
Regulatory commissions may focus on establishing a "fair-return" price to be charged by a monopolist. Under this policy, the monopolist would earn:
a. positive economic profits. b. zero economic profits. c. negative economic profits. d. monopoly profits.
Which of the following must be true if good X is a normal good and income increases?
a. The demand for X will increase, and thus the price and quantity sold and bought will decrease. b. The demand for X will decrease, and thus the price and quantity sold and bought will decrease. c. The demand for X will increase, and thus the price and quantity sold and bought will increase. d. The demand for X will decrease, and thus the price and quantity sold and bought will increase. e. The demand for X will increase, and thus the price and quantity sold and bought will remain the same.