The incentives built into nearly all welfare programs

A. discourage work.
B. encourage savings.
C. encourage marriage.
D. encourage family planning.


Answer: A

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a. all small firms must take the price set by the largest firm in the market b. firms take the price that government determines is a "fair" price c. each firm is too small relative to the market to be able to influence price d. free entry and exit in the short run creates a constant market price in the long run e. high barriers to entry force firms to compete by charging lower prices than other firms in the industry

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When free entry is one of the attributes of a market structure, economic profits are: a. generally driven to zero in long-run equilibrium. b. generally negative for all firms

c. generally zero in the short run. d. always positive.

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If a country has a comparative advantage in the production of all goods, it should

a. specialize in the production of goods with the lowest opportunity cost b. specialize in the production of goods with the highest opportunity cost c. specialize in the production of goods with the absolute advantage d. specialize in the production of goods without the absolute advantage e. not specialize at all and produce all the goods itself

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A productivity-enhancing innovation has the effect of

A. shifting a demand curve to the right. B. shifting a supply curve to the right. C. shifting a demand curve to the left. D. shifting a supply curve to the left.

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