The primary motivation for private foreign investment in developing nations is
A) to eradicate poverty.
B) to improve the standard of living for workers.
C) the potential for high rates of return.
D) to do research in countries with fewer social regulations.
C
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A. increase; increase B. decrease; decrease C. increase; not change D. increase; decrease
In his book Power and Prosperity, the economist Mancur Olson theorized that a country is better off under a dictator who maintains power for a long period, such as Mobutu, than under a short-term, unstable dictatorship
Olson maintained that, while both are very undesirable forms of government, the former is less disruptive to the economy than the latter.Discuss why this assertion may or may not be true.
Double markup problems arise because
a. upstream firms have no market power b. downstream firms have no market power c. upstream and downstream products are unrelated in demand d. upstream and downstream firm's pricing decisions tend to decrease the demand for the other product
Where the income line intersects the consumption curve, saving
a. equals consumption b. equals income c. is less than zero d. is equal to zero e. is greater than zero