How will an increase in lumber prices influence the home construction market?
a. The demand for newly constructed homes will increase.
b. The demand for newly constructed homes will decrease.
c. The supply of newly constructed homes will increase.
d. The supply of newly constructed homes will decrease.
D
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A strategy in which a player cooperates in the current period if the other player cooperated in the previous period, but the player cheats in the current period if the other player cheated in the previous period is called a
A) tit-for-tat strategy. B) trigger strategy. C) duopoly strategy. D) dominant firm strategy.
Which of the following statements is an example of the Fed's conditional commitment policy?
A) "In these circumstances, the Committee believes that policy accommodation can be maintained for a considerable period." B) "The Committee anticipates that weak economic conditions are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels of the federal funds rate for some time." C) "Policy accommodation can be removed at a pace that is likely to be measured." D) "The exceptionally low range for the federal funds rate will be appropriate at least as long as the unemployment rate remains above 6-1/2 percent, and inflation between one and two years ahead is projected to be no more than a half percentage point above the Committee's 2 percent longer-run goal."
Which of the following creates a positive externality?
a. a paper mill polluting a river b. a stock market crash c. a neighbor that beautifies her lawn d. taxes and subsidies e. the greenhouse effect
Which of the following will accelerate long-run economic growth?
A. Tax credits for new investments. B. Crowding out. C. Elimination of infrastructure development. D. Elimination of government-subsidized college loans.