Programs like Medicaid in the United States provide low-income households with medical care, because of the attitude of unfairness associated with the allocation of health care
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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In the market for crude oil, everything held constant, if rate of interest of simple bank accounts or interest-bearing investments decline, then:
a. the consumption of crude oil declines in the present period. b. the extraction of crude oil will increase today. c. the price of the crude oil in the international market falls in the present period. d. greater research and developments are conducted to locate new sites of crude oil in the present period. e. the extraction of crude oil will fall in the present period.
When household debt as a share of income is abnormally high,
a. rapid growth of consumption is likely to lead the recovery. b. the growth prospects of the economy will be excellent because high household debt is the key to a strong economy. c. the growth of consumption is likely to remain sluggish even as the economy begins to recover. d. consumers will be in a strong position to deal with irregular expenses.
A production function for which proportional changes in all inputs leads to a more-than-proportional change in output is said to exhibit
A. constant returns to scale. B. diminishing returns. C. decreasing returns to scale. D. increasing returns to scale.
Which of the following explains why the monetary policy implementation lag is relatively short?
I. The FOMC meets several times a year and policymakers are easily able to confer in between meetings. II. Open market operations, one of the Fed's policy instruments can be put into effect immediately. III. The Chairman of the Fed works in close collaboration with the President. IV. Most financial institutions are member banks and will not hesitate to put into effect any new monetary policy. A) I B) I and II C) I, II, and III D) I, II, III, and IV