The wage rate is the price of a unit of labor. What happens to the quantity of labor supplied if the wage rate increases?
A. It increases.
B. It decreases.
C. It does not change.
D. Uncertain-economic theory has no answer to this question.
Answer: A
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A) recession, trough, peak, expansion. B) expansion, trough, peak, recession. C) recession, trough, expansion, peak. D) expansion, trough, recession, peak.
One reason firms in monopolistic competition can charge different prices is that their products are
a. identical. b. similar. c. differentiated. d. guaranteed.
A small country is considering imposing a tariff on imported wine at the rate of $5 per bottle. Economists have estimated the following based on this tariff amount: World price of wine (free trade):$20 per bottleDomestic production (free trade):500,000 bottlesDomestic production (after tariff):600,000 bottlesDomestic consumption (free trade):750,000 bottlesDomestic consumption (after tariff):650,000 bottles The production effect of the tariff on wine is worth about
A. $250,000. B. $2.75 million. C. $500,000. D. $2.5 million.
Assume a closed economy with fixed taxes and the marginal propensity to consume is equal to 0.9. What is the government spending multiplier?
A) 10 B) 9 C) 5 D) 1