President Obama would generally advocate increased spending when the economy needs stimulus and increased taxation when the economy needs to be restricted
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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A highly profitable cartel arrangement among sellers contains the seeds of its own disintegration because
A) a monopoly arrangement is more unstable than an oligopoly arrangement. B) a price maintained above each cartel member's marginal cost is an incentive to offer secret price reductions to attract additional business. C) monopoly agreements will, in the long run, reduce net revenue to zero. D) net revenue for the cartel as a whole could be increased by producing at the level where marginal revenue equals marginal cost for each cartel member. E) the cartel members will have a strong incentive to reduce quality.
Which of the following helps determine the growth rate of potential GDP?
I. capital accumulation II. technology advances III. growth in the quantity of money A) I B) I and II C) I and III D) I, II and III
A private subsidy has what effect on the amount of a good or service produced? Is a private subsidy an appropriate policy to offset the inefficiency from an external cost or an external benefit?
What will be an ideal response?
If the price of beef jerky rises, the substitution effect due to the price change will cause
A) an increase in the demand for hot sauce, a complement for beef jerky. B) a decrease in the quantity of beef jerky demanded. C) an increase in the quantity of beef jerky demanded. D) an increase in the demand for beef jerky.