If Joe and Sarah are faced with the game in the figure shown, we can see that:

This figure shows the payoffs involved when Sarah and Joe work on a school project together for a single grade. They both will enjoy a higher grade when more effort is put into the project, but they also get pleasure from goofing off and not working on the project. The payoffs can be thought of as the utility each would get from the effort they individually put forth and the grade they jointly receive.





A. Joe has a dominant strategy, but Sarah does not.

B. Sarah has a dominant strategy, but Joe does not.

C. neither student has a dominant strategy.

D. both students have a dominant strategy.


D. both students have a dominant strategy.

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If spending increased by $200, and the GDP increased $1,000 as a result, the MPC must be:

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Figure 10-17


With the passage of time, which of the following will tend to direct this economy in toward its long-run sustainable rate of output?
a.
lower interest rates that will stimulate AD and lower resource prices that will increase SRAS
b.
higher interest rates that will reduce aggregate demand and higher resource prices that will reduce SRAS
c.
lower interest rates and higher resource prices, both of which will stimulate aggregate demand
d.
higher interest rates that will reduce SRAS and lower resource prices that will stimulate aggregate demand

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