Suppose everyone in a town votes that they prefer improved public transportation systems instead of public parks. According to the criteria of independence of irrelevant alternatives that preference should ___________ even if a third option not likely to win, like a public zoo, is included in the vote.

A. stay the same
B. change to the median
C. change to the average
D. change to the majority


A. stay the same

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________ and ___________ represent "new wave regulation"

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Refer to the information provided in Figure 2.4 below to answer the question(s) that follow. Figure 2.4Refer to Figure 2.4. The economy moves from Point A to Point D. This could be explained by

A. an increase in economic growth. B. a change in society's preferences for motorcycles versus hybrid cars. C. a reduction in unemployment. D. an improvement in technology.

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Which of the following is an example of positive technological change?

A) A firm offers workers a higher wage to work on weekends and at night. As a result, the firm is able to increase its weekly production of surf boards. B) A firm buys an additional machine that it uses to make surf boards. As a result, the firm is able to increase its weekly production of surf boards. C) A firm conducts a new advertising campaign. As a result, the demand for the firm's surf boards increases. D) A firm's workers participate in a training program designed to increase the number of surf boards they can produce per day.

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A college graduate using the summer following graduation to search for a job would best be classified as:

A. not officially a member of the labor force. B. a part of structural unemployment. C. a part of cyclical unemployment. D. a part of frictional unemployment.

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