If the income elasticity of demand for a good is negative, the good is an inferior good
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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Consider an outcome in which it is impossible to make one player better off without simultaneously making the other player worse off. We can conclude that this outcome
a. cannot be a Nash equilibrium. b. must be Pareto optimal. c. will not occur when the players use mixed strategies. d. is a Stackelberg equilibrium.
When the central bank sells $1,000,000 worth of government bonds to the public, the money supply:
A. increases by $1,000,000. B. decreases by $1,000,000. C. decreases by more than $1,000,000. D. decreases by less than $1,000,000.
If the world price for good A is above the domestic price for good A without trade, then consumer surplus will ________ and total economic surplus will ________ with trade.
A. increase; decrease B. decrease; increase C. decrease; decrease D. increase; increase
Refer to Table 4-1. The table above lists the highest prices three consumers, Tom, Dick, and Harriet, are willing to pay for a short-sleeved polo shirt. If the price of the shirts falls from $28 to $20
A) Harriet will receive more consumer surplus than Tom or Dick. B) Tom will buy two shirts; Dick and Harriet will each buy one shirt. C) consumer surplus increases from $14 to $35. D) consumer surplus will increase from $70 to $95.