Explain the principal-agent relationshi

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In a principal-agent relationship, the principal designs a contract specifying the payments to the agent as a function of his or her performance, and the agent takes an action that influences performance and thus the payoff of the principal.

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Some argue that tariffs always hurt the imposing country's economic welfare, and are typically designed to shift resources from one sector to another, protected or preferred one, within an economy. Find and discuss a counter example to this argument

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Increased demand for U.S. products by foreign residents will lead to a depreciation of the U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following economic functions does the U.S. government perform?

A. collects taxes B. provides services C. issues regulations D. The U.S. government performs all of these tasks

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A mandatory seatbelt law ends up raising the number of traffic fatalities if it lowers fatalities per accident from 0.11 to 0.08 while raising the number of accidents per period from 100,000 to any more than

A) 108,000. B) 111,111. C) 137,500. D) 110,000.

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