The balance of payments is
A. the value of merchandise goods bought and sold in the world market.
B. the value of goods and services bought and sold in the world market.
C. a summary record of a country's economic transactions with foreign residents and governments.
D. a summary record of a country's purchases and sales of goods and services in the world market.
Answer: C
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A) production must occur where average cost is minimized. B) market price exceeds marginal cost. C) total revenue is maximized. D) marginal revenue equals marginal cost.
Assume the price of gasoline is $2.00 per gallon, and the equilibrium quantity of gasoline is 10 million gallons per day with no tax on gasoline. Starting from this initial situation, which of the following scenarios would result in the largest deadweight loss?
a. The price elasticity of demand for gasoline is 0.1; the price elasticity of supply for gasoline is 0.6; and the gasoline tax amounts to $0.20 per gallon. b. The price elasticity of demand for gasoline is 0.1; the price elasticity of supply for gasoline is 0.4; and the gasoline tax amounts to $0.20 per gallon. c. The price elasticity of demand for gasoline is 0.2; the price elasticity of supply for gasoline is 0.6; and the gasoline tax amounts to $0.30 per gallon. d. There is insufficient information to make this determination.
Pietro is 40 years old and is laid off from his job at the paper plant and borrows from his savings for 8 months until he finds a new job. Pietro's
a. transitory income likely exceeds his permanent income for that year. b. borrowing is representative of a normal economic life cycle. c. permanent income is largely unaffected by this one time change to his income. d. economic mobility during this year is highly unusual, as US workers tend to stay in a particular income class.
During the financial crisis of 2007–2009, both fiscal and monetary policy turned more expansionary.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)