Suppose that the government enacts a tax on Good X. In order to estimate the effect of the tax on the quantity demanded of a related good, Good Y, we can use the concept of the:
A) price elasticity of demand.
B) income elasticity of demand.
C) cross-price elasticity of demand.
D) cost elasticity of demand.
C
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One baseline assumption that economists make about consumer behavior is that:
A. people are rational utility maximizers. B. people will always choose short-term benefits to longer-term payoffs. C. people will always choose what makes them happiest. D. people are unpredictable.
The branch of economics which studies how households and firms make choices, interact in markets, and how government attempts to influence their choices is called
A) macroeconomics. B) microeconomics. C) positive economics. D) normative economics.
If the two goods in an Edgeworth Box are perfect complements for one person and perfect substitutes for the other, then all efficient allocations are such that the first person has the same amount of good 1 as of good 2.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
In 2010 the family mean income of householders aged 15-24 years was approximately
A) $11,000. B) $21,000. C) $31,000. D) $41,000. E) $51,000.