Since the income elasticity for food is estimated to be 0.51, it appears that the proportion of income spent by poor people on food is ____ the proportion spent by those with higher incomes
a. greater than
b. less than
c. about the same as
d. about half as great as
A
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Monopolistic competition differs from ________
A. monopoly because firms cannot set their own price B. oligopoly because firms produce differentiated goods or services C. perfect competition because the goods or services produced are diffe-rentiated D. monopoly because the good produced by each firm has no close subs-titute
The graph shown demonstrates a tax a sellers. Before the tax was imposed, the sellers produced ________ units and received __________ for each one sold.
A. 15; $16
B. 31; $9
C. 31; $19
D. 15; $6
Money fails to act as a store of value when:
a. it is no longer backed by gold. b. the inflation rate is very high. c. the goods produced in an economy are indivisible. d. the economy goes into a recession. e. coins are replaced by paper money.
Which of the following is a positive question?
A) What are the returns to education? B) Can a monopoly ever be good for society? C) Is there value in putting yourself in someone else's shoes? D) Are companies like Nike exploiting workers in the developing world?