If a reform of the tax laws encourages greater saving, the result would be
a. higher interest rates and greater investment.
b. higher interest rates and less investment.
c. lower interest rates and greater investment.
d. lower interest rate and less investment.
C
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When logging in the Pacific Northwest destroys forests that hikers would have used for eco-tourism, the destruction of the trails is an example of
A) an external cost. B) a private cost. C) a government cost. D) an external benefit. E) None of the above answers is correct.
How can we separate the cost of the electricity that generates the heat from a light bulb and the cost of the electricity that generates that same bulb's light?
A) By comparing the wattage of the bulb with the change in air temperature B) By distinguishing sunk costs from marginal costs C) By dividing the total cost in two D) We cannot do it in any defensible way.
Suppose the price of chocolate chip cookies is $4.00 per pound and the price of a slice of cake is $2.00 per slice. The relative price of cake in terms of cookies is
A) 1/2 pound of cookies per cake. B) 2 pounds of cookies per cake. C) 1/2 slice of cake per cookie. D) 2 slices of cake per cookie.
Refer to Figure 11-15. Suppose Hilda produces 100 gooseberry pies. What is the marginal rate of technical substitution of labor for capital when labor is increased from 10 to 20 hours?
A) 1 unit of capital B) 10 units of capital C) 14 units of capital D) 24 units of capital