Economic fluctuations are defined as

a. alternating periods of significant GDP growth and decline.
b. events only encountered in developing countries.
c. periods of stable economic growth.
d. alternating periods of unemployment falling above and below zero.


a

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A. cannot influence investment spending. B. can stimulate aggregate demand and thereby induce businesses to invest, but the amount is not totally predictable. C. can stimulate aggregate demand, but investment spending will not be affected. D. can stimulate aggregate demand, but only in the long run.

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In a long-run equilibrium in a monopolistically competitive industry that produces information products, revenues are equal to the ________ costs of developing, producing, and selling the product

A) total B) fixed C) variable D) marginal

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If a firm is a perfectly competitive purchaser of factor inputs and the wage rate is $5, the marginal factor cost for labor is

A) greater than $5. B) less than $5. C) $5. D) indeterminate.

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