Refer to the information provided in Figure 3.5 below to answer the question(s) that follow.
Figure 3.5Refer to Figure 3.5. If consumer income decreases, the demand for chili peppers shifts from D0 to D1. This implies that chili peppers are a(n)
A. inferior good.
B. substitute good.
C. complementary good.
D. normal good.
Answer: D
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Is each of the following situations an example of savings, investment, or neither? In each case explain your choice
(a) A savings and loan association lends money for the purchase of "junk" (not backed) bonds. (b) John's income is $25,000 per year; $22,000 is spent on consumer goods and the remaining money is used purchase stock in the local electric company. (c) Just before retirement a couple sells their shares of Pacific Bell stock and puts the proceeds in a bank savings account. (d) The city of Los Angeles rebuilds highways after an earthquake. (e) In order to improve the income earning potential of current welfare recipients, the federal government increases the size of income transfers.
Saving is positive for all levels of disposable income
A) above zero. B) above where the consumption line intersects the 45-degree line. C) below where the consumption line intersects the 45-degree line. D) above where the consumption function intersects the vertical axis. E) above autonomous consumption.
When two _____ monopolists merge, one division of the newly merged company will transfer its output to another division at its actual cost, instead of its profit maximizing price
a. price discriminating b. natural c. output rationing d. successive
A microeconomy
What will be an ideal response?