Suppose that the interest rate paid to savers increases. As a result, Tom wishes to save more. This suggests that, for Tom,
A) the substitution effect is greater than the income effect.
B) the income effect is greater than the substitution effect.
C) utility maximization is not occurring.
D) future consumption is a luxury.
A
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A price support on milk is not in the interest of milk drinkers, so why do elected public officials successfully implement milk price supports?
A) Milk price supports are in the public interest. B) A small number of households (dairy farmers) gain a great deal, while the costs of the support program is spread among millions of other (milk drinking) households. C) Dairy farmers are selfish. D) Milk drinkers are generally unselfish.
What characteristic of the endogenous growth model is crucial in giving the possibility of sustained growth?
A) It is embodied in people. B) It has constant returns to scale in production. C) It takes time to accumulate it. D) It grows at the same rate as consumption.
The annual colonial trade deficit (which equaled 20,000-40,000 pounds sterling in 1768-1772) was mostly financed by:
a. an outflow of specie. b. paper money. c. short-term credit from England. d. payments made by a few very wealthy colonists.
Rapid increases in the U.S. exports of goods and services will result in a(n) ________ foreign currency and a(n) ________ U.S. dollars in the foreign exchange market.
A. shortage of foreign currency; surplus of B. increase in the supply of; increase in the demand for C. increase in the demand for; increase in the supply of D. decrease in the supply of; decrease in the demand for