Refer to the information provided in Figure 2.4 below to answer the question(s) that follow.
Figure 2.4According to Figure 2.4, as the economy moves from Point E to Point A, the opportunity cost of hybrid cars, measured in terms of motorcycles
A. increases.
B. initially increases, then decreases.
C. decreases.
D. remains constant.
Answer: A
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Which of the following is TRUE?
A) Real and nominal values are not related. B) Real standards of living can increase without any positive economic growth. C) Real standards of living decrease with positive economic growth. D) Real growth rates fail to account for by price level changes.
Joe is self-employed in a store that has a rental value of $500 a month which he pays, but he can vacate the building without giving notice. His other expenses are $100 a month for maintenance. He makes $25,000 a year on net sales (total revenue minus the wholesale cost of the product). If he quit his job and worked the same number of hours elsewhere at a job he liked equally well, he estimates that he could make $20,000 a year. No one else can be hired to work in the store. Suppose that the store owner gave Joe the store. Now what should he do?
A. Work part-time. B. Keep the job. C. Quit his job. D. It is impossible to say with the information given in the problem.
Which of the following would tend to decrease the size of the time value of the option?
A. The time to expiration of the options contract is near. B. The price volatility of the underlying asset is high. C. The time to expiration of the contract is far away. D. The underlying price of the asset approaches the strike price.
A real cost of tariffs and quotas that is difficult to measure is that they
A) encourage rent seeking. B) shift income from consumers to producers. C) limit the quantity of imports. D) reduce wages. E) cause deflation.