The price elasticity of demand is equal to the slope of the demand curve
a. True
b. False
B
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Suppose there is some unemployment in the economy and society decides that it wants more of one good. Which of the following statements is true?
A) It will have to increase resource supplies. B) It can increase output without giving up another good by employing more resources. C) It is not possible to achieve this unless technology advances. D) It will have to give up production and consumption of some other good.
For most goods, purchases tend to rise with increases in buyers' incomes and to fall with decreases in buyers' incomes. Such goods are known as:
A) inferior goods. B) direct goods. C) normal goods. D) luxury goods.
The market value of downtown real estate is most basically determined by the
A) assessment of the taxing authorities. B) market value of the building already on a particular plot of land. C) use to which it is currently being put. D) uses to which people would like to put it if given a chance. E) whatever it costs to convert the land to its next best use.
The more substitutable capital and labor are in production, the more likely it is that the cross-price demand curve for capital (relative to the wage) is upward sloping.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)