Consumer?consumer rivalry arises because of:
A. the scarcity of goods available.
B. human nature.
C. the limited number of suppliers.
D. None of the statements associated with this question are correct.
Answer: A
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If the current account balance is -$100 billion, net interest = $0, net transfers = $0, then
A) the country is loaning abroad. B) there was an increase in net foreign assets. C) exports are greater than imports. D) the capital and financial account balance must be +$100 billion. E) imports are greater than exports.
"More productive workers receive higher wages than less productive workers." This observation is a major flaw in which of the following arguments for protectionism?
a. The infant industry argument. b. The national security argument. c. The employment argument. d. The cheap foreign labor argument.
When the Fed lowers the discount rate, it:
a. lowers the cost of borrowing from the Fed, encouraging banks to make loans to the general public. b. raises the cost of borrowing from the Fed, discouraging banks from making loans to the general public. c. increases the amount of excess reserves that banks hold, encouraging them to make loans to the general public. d. increases the amount of excess reserves that banks hold, discouraging them from making loans to the general public. e. decreases the amount of excess reserves that banks hold, discouraging them from making loans to the general public.
Suppose that there are 50 firms in a monopolistically competitive industry in country A and 50 firms in the same monopolistically competitive industry in country B. If country A and country B engage in international trade, we expect that the total number of firms in this industry:
a. will increase. b. will decrease. c. will remain unchanged. d. will first decrease, then increase.