The higher the rate of unemployment:
a. The higher the level of potential GDP
b. The higher the level of actual GDP
c. The larger is the GDP gap
d. The smaller is the GDP gap
c. The larger is the GDP gap
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Recall the Application. If country A has a lower overall income tax rate than country B, and labor can freely and easily move between the two countries, real wages in country A will tend to ________ and employment in country A will tend to ________
A) increase; increase B) decrease; decrease C) increase; decrease D) decrease; increase
Frictional unemployment always exists because
A) some workers quit their jobs without having another job already lined up. B) the government has never instituted full employment policies. C) workers are lazy and refuse to accept certain jobs. D) recessions are necessary sometimes to keep the economy healthy.
When entry barriers into a market are high,
a. a monopolist will always be able to make an economic profit. b. rival firms will enter and drive price down to the level of per-unit costs if the firms in the market are making economic profit. c. entry into the market will not take place, at least not quickly, even if the firms currently in the market are making economic profits. d. the producers in the market will have little or no incentive to produce efficiently (at a low cost).
Short-run changes in stock prices depend on
A. past performance B. new, unpredictable information C. past profits D. historical data