Which of the following securities has the greatest risk?
a. commercial paper
b. corporate bonds
c. corporate common stocks
d. U.S. Treasury bills
e. state and local government bonds
c. corporate common stocks
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According to a model of intergenerational equity, if future generations are expected to be better off than the current generation, transfers should
A. go from the richer generation to the poorer generation. B. not be done at all. C. go from the poorer generation to the richer generation. D. be weighted by increases in the inflation rate.
Expansionary fiscal policy would involve ________, whereas contractionary fiscal policy would involve ________
A) increasing the money supply; increasing personal income taxes B) increasing corporate income taxes; raising interest rates C) increasing transfer payments; increasing corporate income taxes D) increasing government purchases; increasing transfer payments
Which of the following fiscal policy actions would definitely cause a reduction in the size of an inflationary gap?
A) cuts in taxes and increases in government spending B) increases in government spending C) increases in taxes D) cuts in taxes
In a market economy, persons undertaking an investment project must
What will be an ideal response?