Dissaving is
A) impossible in the simple Keynesian model.
B) the situation when saving exceeds consumption.
C) the situation when consumption spending exceeds disposable income.
D) the situation when people save smaller and smaller amounts.
C
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Your classmates from the University of Chicago are planning to go to Miami for spring break, and you are undecided about whether you should go with them. The round-trip airfares are $600, but you have a frequent-flyer coupon worth $500 that you could use to pay part of the airfare. All other costs for the vacation are exactly $900. The most you would be willing to pay for the trip is $1400. Your only alternative use for your frequent-flyer coupon is for your trip to Atlanta two weeks after the break to attend your sister's graduation, which your parents are forcing you to attend. The Chicago-Atlanta round-trip airfares are $450.What is the opportunity cost of using the coupon for the Miami trip?
A. $500 B. $450 C. $100 D. $550
In Econland exports equal 25% of total output, while imports equal 20% of total output. Econland has:
A. a trade surplus B. a budget deficit. C. a budget surplus. D. a trade deficit.
Suppose firms in an industry hire unskilled labor and skilled labor. Unskilled labor is a substitute for capital and skilled labor is a complement with capital. A decrease in the real price of capital would
A) cause the demand for labor to increase, raising wages of both skilled and unskilled labor. B) cause the demand for unskilled labor to increase and the demand for skilled labor to decrease. The wage of unskilled labor would rise relative to the wage of skilled labor. C) cause the demand for unskilled labor to decrease and the demand for skilled labor to increase. The wage of unskilled labor would decrease relative to the wage of skilled labor. D) cause the demand for both kinds of labor to decrease. Wages rates of both kinds of labor would decrease too.
The quantity of good A is measured along the vertical axis, and the quantity of good B is measures along the horizontal axis. If the price of Good A falls
A) the vertical intercept of the budget line moves along the vertical axis away from the origin. B) the vertical intercept of the budget line moves along the vertical axis toward the origin. C) the horizontal intercept (along Good B) of the budget line will increase. D) none of the above