The provision of aid to an individual who is not required to provide anything in exchange is called a transfer payment.

a. true
b. false


Answer: a. true

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When a firm is no longer able to reduce its long-run average cost by expanding, it has achieved its minimum efficient scale of production

a. True b. False

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A foreign exchange intervention that does not alter the domestic monetary base is:

A. impossible. B. sterilized. C. likely to change domestic interest rates. D. unsterilized.

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Data from the registrar's office at Gigantic State University indicate that over the past 20 years tuition and enrollment have both increased. From this information we can conclude that:

A. higher education is an exception to the law of demand. B. the supply of education provided by GSU has also increased over the 20-year period. C. school-age population, incomes, and preferences for education have changed over the 20- year period. D. GSU's supply curve of education is downsloping.

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Tie-in sales:

A. are legal under the Clayton Act. B. are the same as predatory pricing. C. were banned under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. D. are contracts that prevent purchasing one good without purchasing another.

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