If the value of your debt is decreasing over time, we know that:

A. the real interest rate is negative.
B. inflation is zero.
C. the real interest rate is positive.
D. the real interest rate is zero.


A. the real interest rate is negative.

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Because the value of marginal product diminishes as the quantity of labor employed increases, the ________ the wage rate, the ________ workers the firm hires

A) lower; more B) higher; more C) lower; fewer D) None of the above answers is correct because there is no relationship between the wage rate and the number of workers hired.

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Refer to Figure 28-2. Suppose the Fed used contractionary policy to push short-run equilibrium to point C. If the short-run equilibrium remained at point C long enough

A) the short-run Phillips curve would shift up. B) the economy would stay at point C in the long run. C) the economy would move back to point A. D) the short-run Phillips curve would shift down.

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. In the United States, tradeable effluent markets are far less common than they are in other countries. 2. A watershed refers to a hydrologically defined land area that drains into a specific water body. 3. The use of watershed-based NPDES permits allows for permitting multiple point sources within a single watershed. 4. According to the textbook application, efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay have been markedly successful. 5. The presidential Executive Order that is dedicated to the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay proposes a strictly command-and-control approach to restore and protect this natural resource.

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In the real world, price discrimination is more difficult because:

A. to perfectly discriminate, the firm must read people's minds to know their willingness to pay. B. it is difficult to identify and verify different groups. C. it can be challenging to prevent the resale of goods from one group to another. D. All of these statements are true.

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