A household that spends less than it receives in income during a given period is
A. receiving transfer payments.
B. running a deficit.
C. dissaving.
D. saving.
Answer: D
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If Jeff's wage rate rises, he decides to work more hours. From this, we can infer that
A) for Jeff, the substitution effect is greater than the income effect. B) for Jeff, the substitution effect is equal to the income effect. C) for Jeff, the substitution effect is less than the income effect. D) Jeff is confused.
To sell one more unit of a good, a monopolist must
A) lower the price on the last unit only. B) lower the price on all units. C) raise the price only on the last unit sold. D) raise the prices on all goods.
New Keynesian inflation dynamics predicts that an increase in aggregate demand will generate, in chronological order
A) a rightward movement along a horizontal short-run aggregate supply curve, a short-run increase in real GDP, an upward shift in the short-run aggregate supply curve, and an increase in the price level. B) a leftward movement along a horizontal short-run aggregate supply curve, a short-run decline in real GDP, a downward shift in the short-run aggregate supply curve, and a decrease in the price level. C) an leftward shift in a vertical short-run aggregate supply curve, a short-run decline in real GDP, an upward movement along the short-run aggregate supply curve, and an increase in the price level. D) a rightward shift in a vertical short-run aggregate supply curve, a short-run increase in real GDP, an upward movement along the short-run aggregate supply curve, and an increase in the price level.
Refer to Figure 16.5 below. If the marginal cost of underreporting can be written as MC = X 2 +
(A) What is the maximum marginal tax level (t) possible that will ensure tax evasion is zero?
(B) If the Marginal Tax rate is equal to 0.56, how much income will be evaded?