Suppose the California Nurses Union successfully secured a 12 percent increase in the wages of registered nurses
If a hospital responds by reducing the quantity of registered nurses hired and increasing the quantity of physician's assistants hired, what conclusion can you draw?
A) The price elasticity of demand for registered nurses is negative while the price elasticity of demand for physician's assistants is positive.
B) The cross-price elasticity of demand between registered nurses and physician's assistants is negative.
C) Physician's assistants are more valuable in terms of their productivity.
D) The cross-price elasticity of demand between registered nurses and physician's assistants is positive.
D
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A firm in a market economy must do all of the following to succeed except
A) organize the factors of production into a functioning, efficient unit. B) be organized as a corporation. C) produce the goods and services that consumers want at a lower cost than consumers themselves can produce. D) have access to sufficient funds.
Other things equal, the supply of labor will be lower to a job that
a. offers less strenuous physical activity b. requires a supervisor to closely monitor employee performance c. allows for flexible work schedules d. offers free room and board e. is exciting due to slightly elevated risk
The main difference between a firm that is a price searcher and a firm that is a price taker is that a
a. price searcher produces products that are identical to its competitors' products. b. price taker can decide what price to charge for its product. c. price searcher cannot decide what price to charge for its product. d. price searcher will still be able to sell some of its product if it increases its price.
If a borrower arbitrarily gains purchasing power as the result of a particular loan agreement, then
A. actual inflation was greater than expected inflation. B. actual inflation was equal to expected inflation. C. actual inflation was less than expected inflation. D. the real interest rate was greater than the nominal interest rate.