From the standpoint of the economy as a whole, the role of insurance is
a. to entice risk-loving people to become risk averse.
b. to promote the phenomenon of adverse selection.
c. not to eliminate the risks inherent in life, but to spread them around more efficiently.
d. not to spread risks, but to eliminate them for individual policy holders.
c
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A. The price of personal computers declined 4.7 percent last year. B. The real domestic output increased by 2.3 percent last year. C. The general price level increased by 3.1 percent last year. D. Unemployment was 6.5 percent of the labor force last year.
Consider the following characteristics:
a. low transactions costs b. small levels of pollution c. high levels of pollution d. clear assignment of property rights Which of the above are assumptions behind the Coase Theorem? A) a, b, and d B) a, c, and d C) a and d D) a only
Refer to the above table. If opportunity costs are constant, then the United States and Mexico will produce goods in which they have a comparative advantage and trade at a rate of exchange of
A) 4 computers for 1 bicycle. B) 6 computers for 1 bicycle. C) 0.1 computer for 1 bicycle. D) 1 computer for 1 bicycle.
Refer to Table 3.1 to answer the following questionTable 3.1 Individual Demand and Supply SchedulesQuantity Demanded byPriceAlejandroBenCarlMarket$8.00842________6.001244________4.002046________2.002246________Quantity Supplied byPriceAveryBrandonCassandra $8.006046________$6.004244________$4.002442________$2.00640________In Table 3.1, if government held the price at $3,
A. The government would be setting an effective price floor. B. The shortage would be the same as the quantity demanded. C. The market would be in equilibrium. D. There would be a shortage.