A perfectly inelastic demand curve is
A. a horizontal straight line.
B. an upward sloping straight line that crosses the vertical axis.
C. a vertical straight line.
D. a downward sloping straight line that intersects the horizontal axis at the origin.
Answer: C
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The perpetual state of insufficiency of resources to satisfy people's unlimited wants is:
a. apparent only in poor countries. b. completely unrealistic. c. present in modern economies, but not in the past. d. the definition of scarcity.
The reserve ratio is 10 percent. Depositors regularly keep 10 percent of their deposits as cash. If the Fed buys $1 million of U.S. government securities, excess reserves
A) increase by $800,000. B) increase by $810,000. C) increase by $900,000. D) increase by $1 million.
A government passes a new law allowing only 1,000 tons of pollution per day to be generated and simultaneously sells 1,000 transferable rights to emit one ton each of pollution per day. Which of the following is true?
a. The pollution will be created by those least willing and able to pay the damages. b. The pollution will be created by those most willing and able to pay for the right to pollute. c. The funds collected by the government will be enough to compensate any individuals harmed by the pollution. d. Pollution will increase from zero to 1,000 units per day. e. There will be no incentive for polluters to try to sneak emissions past government monitoring devices.
Which of the following goods is rival and excludable?
a. an uncongested toll road b. an uncongested nontoll road c. a congested nontoll road d. a congested toll road