Which of the following decreases during recessions?
a. real GDP
b. unemployment
c. layoffs and consumer spending
d. layoffs but not consumer spending
a
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The demand for cars in a certain country is given by: D = 20,000 - P, where P is the price of a car. Supply by domestic car producers is: S = 5,000 + 0.5P.If this economy is open to trade, and the world price of a car is $6,000, the domestic quantity demanded will be ________ and quantity supplied will be ________.
A. 14,000; 8,000 B. 12,000; 10,000 C. 12,000; 8,000 D. 8,000; 14,000
The Prisoners' Dilemma is a particular type of game in which negotiation and enforcement of binding contracts is not possible, and such games are known as:
A) cooperative games. B) noncooperative games. C) collusive games. D) Cournot games.
Which of the following is true regarding bonds? a. Other things equal, bondholders have greater financial security than stockholders. b. The possibility of a bond's value increasing greatly is limited compared to stocks. c. The legal obligation to bondholders is of higher priority than that of stockholders. d. Higher market interest rates represent a risk to bondholders
e. all of the above
The unemployed are disproportionately represented among the uninsured because:
A. one must be working to qualify for Medicaid. B. most workers obtain health insurance through their employers. C. most are young and in excellent health, so they choose not to purchase health insurance. D. a large percentage of the unemployed are heads of single-parent families.