Which type of economic system will produce the highest degree of allocative efficiency?
A. A perfectly competitive market system
B. A purely command economic system
C. A market system with limited price controls and price ceilings
D. A command system with limited market activity for nonessentials
Answer: A
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A) trends in two variables; unrelated variables B) relationship between two variables; a trend in a variable C) cross-section relationship; a general tendency for the variables to rise or fall D) trend in a variable; a general tendency for the variable to rise or fall E) relationship between two variables; a cross-section relationship
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A) An intensive training program that increases the productivity of employees engaged in the production of tables B) An intensive training program that increases the productivity of employees engaged in the production of chairs C) An increase in the price of both chairs and tables D) An increase in the availability of raw materials required for the production of both chairs and tables
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a. Goborg and Rimmet collaborate on a pricing strategy to boost their sales. b. Katz hires lobbyists to convince the government to raise tariffs on imported tractors. c. Rimmet and Goborg each lower their prices after Katz lowers its prices. d. Goborg deliberately lowers its prices to try to steal customers from Rimmet and Katz.
If bonds and stocks are considered to be substitute goods, and the investors expect stock prices to drop in the near future, _____
a. the price of bonds will also decline b. the supply of bonds will increase c. the interest rate on bonds will decline d. the demand for stocks will increase e. the demand for bonds will decline