In the long run, a year-long drought that destroys most of the summer's wheat crops causes permanently:
A. higher prices.
B. lower prices.
C. lower output.
D. None of these is true.
Answer: D
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Assume that beer is an inferior good. If the price of beer falls, then the substitution effect results in the person buying ________ of the good and the income effect results in the person buying ________ of the good
A) more, more B) more, less C) less, more D) less, less
The change in the quantity demanded of any good is always caused by:
a. a change in consumers' preferences for that good. b. a change in the general income levels of the consumers who buy that good. c. an increase or decrease in the population. d. a change in the price of that good. e. a change in the price of substitute goods.
Which of the following is an example of an increasing cost industry?
A. coffee B. sugar C. apartments D. All of these are correct.
Suppose there are 5 million unemployed workers seeking jobs. After a period of time, 1 million of them become discouraged over their job prospects and cease to look for work. As a result of this, all else equal, the official unemployment rate would:
A. decline. B. increase. C. increase in the short run but eventually decline. D. be unchanged.