Consider a firm operating in a competitive market. The firm is producing 40 units of output, has an average total cost of production equal to $5, and is earning $240 economic profit in the short run. What is the current market price?
a. $9
b. $10
c. $11
d. $12
c
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In Econland autonomous consumption equals 700, the marginal propensity to consume equals 0.80, net taxes are fixed at 50, investment is fixed at 100, government purchases are fixed at 100, and net exports are fixed at 40. Aggregate expenditure equals
A. 900 + 0.80Y. B. 940 + 0.80Y. C. 990 + 0.80Y. D. 990 + 0.20Y.
When recessions are the result of slowing growth in potential output, the government's best policy is to:
A. decrease aggregate supply. B. promote saving and investment. C. reduce government spending. D. increase aggregate demand.
A change in the price of a good
A) shifts the good's demand curve and also causes a movement along it. B) shifts the good's demand curve but does not cause a movement along it. C) does not shift the good's demand curve but does cause a movement along it. D) neither shifts the good's demand curve nor causes a movement along it.
In the short run,
a. spending determines income, but not the other way around b. income determines spending, but not the other way around c. spending determines the interest rate, but not the other way around d. spending determines income, and income determines spending e. spending determines the productivity, and productivity determines spending.