Which of the following policies would reduce frictional unemployment?
A) a decrease in the minimum wage
B) a job retraining program
C) implementing an unemployment insurance policy
D) building an online job database that helps workers find jobs
Answer: D
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Player 1 and Player 2 are playing a game in which Player 1 has the first move at A in the decision tree shown below. Once Player 1 has chosen either Up or Down, Player 2, who can see what Player 1 has chosen, must choose Up or Down at B or C. Both players know the payoffs at the end of each branch. 
What is the equilibrium outcome of this game?
A. Player 1 chooses Up and Player 2 chooses Down. B. Player 1 chooses Down and Player 2 chooses Up. C. Player 1 and Player 2 both choose Down. D. Player 1 and Player 2 both choose Up.
A game with a first-mover advantage is one in which:
A. the player who chooses first gets a higher payoff than those who follow. B. the player who chooses first gets to decide if a repeated game will start with cooperation from the beginning. C. the first player to move determines the payoffs for the rest of the game. D. None of these statements is true.
If you were the Chairman of the Fed and faced inflation, you would most likely
a. increase commercial bank reserves by raising the discount rate b. increase commercial bank reserves by buying government securities c. decrease commercial bank reserves by lowering the discount rate d. decrease commercial bank reserves by selling government securities e. decrease commercial bank reserves by lowering the legal reserve requirement
What is a problem with barter that makes it so difficult to use?
A) Individuals have to produce something to trade with. B) Barter omits the store of value role for money. C) Barter requires use of only fiat money. D) Barter requires a double coincidence of wants. E) Barter is very efficient but illegal because it avoids taxation.