If income rises in the market for an inferior good, will the demand curve for the inferior good shift to the right or to the left?
The demand curve will shift to the left.
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A Consumer Price Index of 120 for a certain year means that the average price of consumer items in that year was
A. 20% higher than the average price of the preceding year. B. 120% higher than the average price in the base period 1982-84. C. 20% higher than the average price in the base period 1982-84. D. about $120 per basket of consumer goods and services.
Using the figure above, if Jack and Jill specialize and gain from trade, then
A) Jack specializes on the production of soda and water. B) Jack specializes in the production of soda. C) Jack produces equal amounts of gallons of water and bottled water. D) Jack specializes in the production of bottled water. E) Jack and Jill produce beyond their PPF.
Some grocery stores are now offering customers coupons which entitle them to a discount on certain items on their next visit when they go through the check-out line. This practice is an example of:
A) intertemporal price discrimination. B) third-degree price discrimination. C) a two-part tariff. D) bundling. E) none of the above
Which of the following holds that business cycles are primarily due to changes in technology and does not invoke any monetary or demand-side forces?
A) the real business cycle theory B) the efficiency wage theory C) rational expectations hypothesis D) Keynesian economics