The price elasticity of demand for tickets to local hockey matches is estimated to be equal to 0.89 . In order to boost ticket revenues, an economist would advise:
a. decreasing the price of hockey match tickets because demand is elastic
b. increasing the price of hockey match tickets because demand is elastic.
c. not changing the price of hockey match tickets because demand is unit elastic.
d. increasing the price of hockey match tickets because demand is inelastic.
d
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A) There is a $50 billion increase in equilibrium GDP. B) There is a $40 billion increase in equilibrium GDP. C) There is a $40 billion decrease in equilibrium GDP. D) There is a $50 billion decrease in equilibrium GDP.
Two common economic problems that may arise from asymmetric information are:
A. moral consequence and adverse selection. B. moral hazard and adverse selection. C. moral hazard and adverse decisions. D. moral consequence and adverse decisions.
If a monopoly arises as a natural monopoly
a. using anti-trust law to break it up is a poor remedy b. anti-trust law should be used to break it up c. that is most likely due to a patent or copyright d. it will evolve into a perfectly competitive market in the long run e. it should be encouraged, because it is "natural"
If a government redesigned its unemployment insurance programs so that the unemployed had greater incentives to quickly find appropriate jobs, then which of the following curves would shift right?
a. the long-run Phillips curve and the long-run aggregate supply curve b. the long-run Phillips curve but not the long-run aggregate supply curve c. the long-run aggregate supply curve but not the long-run Phillips curve d. neither the long-run Phillips curve nor the long-run aggregate supply curve