If a principle is reducing agency costs by gathering information about the agent's actions, he is most likely trying to solve the problem
a. Adverse selection
b. Moral hazard
c. Both of the above
d. None of the above
b
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Were the price of gasoline to permanently increase by 10% overnight and stay there for the foreseeable future. Other things constant,
A) the demand for gasoline would fall immediately. B) the quantity demanded for gasoline would fall immediately. C) the quantity demanded for gasoline would fall more dramatically over time D) the quantity demanded for gasoline would remain unchanged, because cars can only be run on gasoline.
The labor supply curve:
A. is made up of firms who want to hire workers at each given wage. B. is made up of workers who want to work for firms at each given wage. C. shows number of firms who are willing and able to hire workers at each given wage. D. shows that the number of firms who want to hire workers decreases as the wage increases.
Suppose a negative technological change in the production of disease-resistant wheat caused the price of wheat to rise. Holding everything else constant, how would this affect the market for corn (a substitute for wheat)?
A) The supply of corn would decrease and the equilibrium price of corn would increase. B) The demand for corn would increase and the equilibrium price of corn would increase. C) The demand for corn would increase and the equilibrium price of corn would decrease. D) The demand for corn would decrease because consumers could afford to buy less wheat and corn.
An increase in the price level, other things remaining the same, may be expected to result in ____ the consumption function
a. a downward shift of b. a movement along c. an upward shift in d. no effect on