Because there is no way to account for them, the official unemployment rate does not include discouraged workers. What would happen to the unemployment rate if, because of a program that gave them new hope, all discouraged workers suddenly begin reporting themselves as ready to work?
a. The official unemployment rate would remain unchanged.
b. The size of the labor force would increase.
c. The size of the labor force would remain unchanged.
d. The official unemployment rate would decrease.
e. The size of the underground economy would shrink.
b
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A) higher inflation abroad. B) a decreased demand for domestic products. C) a contraction of the money supply. D) a depreciation of the home currency. E) an appreciation of the home currency.
Although the reciprocal nature of the problem suggest that the proceeds of a corrective tax not be paid to as compensation to those harmed, if compensation is paid to those harmed by externalities _____
a. the payment should be made from general revenues to keep the corrective action separate from the compensatory part b. the payment should be set equal to marginal external cost c. the payment should be made in one lump sum to minimize incentives to create future problems d. the payment should be double the amount of the corrective tax to justly compensate the victims
Changing the units of measurement, e.g. measuring testscores in 100s, will do all of the following EXCEPT for changing the
A) residuals B) numerical value of the slope estimate C) interpretation of the effect that a change in X has on the change in Y D) numerical value of the intercept
According to the text, which of the following is a principal reason why firms merge?
a. to form a cartel b. to exercise greater market control c. to increase their product differentiation d. to decrease their product differentiation e. to become a monopoly