In which of the following cases is the slope of a line positive?
A) As x increases, y increases.
B) As x increases, y decreases.
C) As x increases, y remains the same.
D) As x increases, y equals a positive number.
A
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If policymakers set a target for unemployment that is too low because it is less than the natural rate of unemployment, this can set the stage for a higher rate of money growth and
A) cost-push inflation. B) demand-pull inflation. C) cost-pull inflation. D) demand-push inflation.
Some grocery stores are now offering customers coupons which entitle them to a discount on certain items on their next visit when they go through the check-out line. This practice is an example of:
A) intertemporal price discrimination. B) third-degree price discrimination. C) a two-part tariff. D) bundling. E) none of the above
The problem of special interests financing congressional campaigns and presidential elections is associated with
a. government failure b. public choice theory c. market failure d. negative externalities e. government subsidies
Which of the following is characteristic of the corporate form of ownership?
a. unlimited liability b. easy transferability of ownership rights c. no divisible ownership rights d. absence of the principal-agent problem