The law of diminishing marginal utility implies that the marginal utility of my fifth hot dog is less than the marginal utility of my second soft drink, other things constant
a. True
b. False
B
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Once either expansionary or contractionary fiscal policy has been undertaken,
A) aggregate demand will respond quickly and the problems in the economy will be corrected. B) aggregate demand will respond quickly in the short run but the economy will not improve in the long-run. C) a time lag exists between implementation and the results of the policy. D) taxes will need to be adjusted because of the recognition time lag.
A firm recently doubled in size and experienced a reduction in the average total cost of production, as it was able to spread its fixed costs over a larger quantity of output. Which of the following should be the correct strategy of the firm after expansion? a. The firm should continue to grow slowly to see if sustained growth leads to greater economies of scale. b. The firm should continue to
grow rapidly to see if rapid growth leads to greater economies of scale. c. The firm should continue to grow exponentially to see if exponential growth leads to greater economies of scale. d. The firm should sell off portions of the business to profit from the economies of scale already received.
Suppose that a country has an inflation rate of about 3 percent per year and a real GDP growth rate of about 3 percent per year. How large of a deficit can the government run (as a percentage of GDP) without raising the debt-to-income ratio?
Some economists and international organizations use the PPP method in order to compare the:
A. income among countries. B. life expectancy rates among countries. C. income among citizens of a country. D. labor mobility among countries.