Real GDP per capita and other alternative measures of the quality of life are:
a. directly correlated.
b. poorly correlated.
c. inversely related.
d. independent.
a
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A government with a national debt that is large and growing relative to the size of the economy will
a. eventually find it difficult to borrow in global credit markets. b. be able to borrow at lower interest rates than countries with less outstanding debt. c. have to allocate a large and growing amount of tax revenue to the payment of interest on the outstanding debt. d. do both a and c.
Joe's Pizza Shop only makes pizza. If each pizza requires five people, each of whom specializes in one task, this method of production is an example of
A) economies of scope. B) team production. C) economies of monitoring. D) economies of coordination.
The cost of producing cigarettes in the United States has increased and at the same time, more and more Americans are choosing to not smoke cigarettes. Which of the following best explains the effect of these events in the cigarette market?
A) Both the supply and demand curves have shifted to the left. As a result, there has been a decrease in the equilibrium quantity and an uncertain effect on the equilibrium price. B) Both the supply and demand curves have shifted to the right. As a result, there has been an increase in the equilibrium quantity and an uncertain effect on the equilibrium price. C) The supply curve has shifted to the right and the demand curve has shifted to the left. As a result there has been an increase in the equilibrium quantity and an uncertain effect on the equilibrium price. D) The supply curve has shifted to the right and the demand curve has shifted to the left. As a result, there has been an increase in the equilibrium price and an uncertain effect on the equilibrium quantity.
Why is the price elasticity of demand a relative measure? That is, why is elasticity measured in percentage terms rather than in absolute terms?
A) So the coefficient of elasticity will not be dependent on the physical units of the good. B) Because absolute measures do not account for the direction of the change in quantity. C) So that the coefficient of elasticity will not be negative. D) Because the absolute price or quantity demanded of a product is irrelevant to the elasticity measure.