Arnold's nominal wage increased by 3%, and the prices of goods that Arnold buys increased by 5%. Arnold's real wage has
A. increased.
B. decreased.
C. remained constant.
D. changed by 8%, but the direction of the change is ambiguous.
Answer: B
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Moving up (to the left) along a linear demand curve, the price elasticity of demand
A) decreases. B) does not change. C) increases. D) at first increases and then decreases.
If we include consideration of potential effects of a proposed tax reduction and simplification on the labor supply, we would expect crowding out of investment and net exports brought about by the tax cut to be
A) increased as aggregate real income and output rise in the long run. B) unaffected by the shifting long-run aggregate supply curve. C) dependent upon the impact of this tax change on consumer disposable income. D) less than it would be without the supply-side effects.
If a firm is a natural monopoly, competition from other firms cannot be counted on to force price down to the level where the company earns zero economic profit. How are prices usually set in natural monopoly markets in the United States?
A) Natural monopolies are privately owned and are allowed to set their own prices. Government regulation of the firms would result in greater deadweight losses. B) Local or state regulatory commissions usually set prices for natural monopolies. C) Natural monopolies are privately owned, but prices proposed by the firms must be approved by the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. D) Each natural monopoly is made a public franchise. The public franchise is then required to set its price equal to its marginal cost.
A downfall of the infant-industry argument is that
a. most industries need protection when they are mature, not when they are first established. b. the amount of the tariff is unlikely to have much impact on the success of an infant industry. c. once a tariff is granted, political pressure will likely force withdrawal of the tariff before the industry matures. d. once established, a tariff is politically difficult to remove.