The responsibility of paying for the Social Security benefits for currently retired individuals falls on
A. the retired people themselves.
B. no one, since the government prints the money.
C. current and future workers.
D. only working people over 50 years of age.
Answer: C
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The marginal benefit of each additional unit of a good consumed
A) increases as more is consumed. B) is always equal to its marginal cost. C) decreases as more is consumed. D) will maximize consumer surplus. E) is equal to the deadweight loss if the unit of the good is not produced.
Car A gets 12 miles per gallon. Car B gets 30 miles per gallon. Which is the most economically efficient car?
A) Car A B) Car B C) They are equal in their economic efficiency. D) It is impossible to determine without more information.
In a sharp regression discontinuity design,
A) crossing the threshold influences receipt of the treatment but is not the sole determinant. B) the population regression line must be linear above and below the threshold. C) Xi will in general be correlated with ui. D) receipt of treatment is entirely determined by whether W exceeds the threshold.
When an economy is operating on its production possibilities curve, more production of one good means less production of another because:
a. resources are limited. b. resources are not perfectly adaptable to alternative uses. c. wants are limited. d. wants are unlimited. e. some resources are not employed.