In Kejana’s country, the population is growing at a rate of 3.5 percent per year. Due to environmental factors, the country has a limited supply of land on which to grow food, and food output is increasing at a rate of 2.75 percent per year. The population growth rate in Kejana’s country is ______ the per capita output.
a. having minimal impact on
b. positively affecting
c. operating separately from
d. negatively affecting
d. negatively affecting
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If the Herfindahl-Hirschman index (HHI) among the firms in the long distance telecommunications market were equal to 1755, when would the Federal Trade Commission probably challenge a proposed merger between any two of the firms?
A) It would challenge if the HHI would increase by more than 50 points. B) It would challenge if the HHI would increase by more than 100 points. C) It would challenge no matter what happened to the HHI because the market has so few firms. D) It would not challenge because the HHI is less than 1800.
Which of the following would not satisfy the potential compensation criterion?
a. The winners from a policy change could compensate the losers so everyone would be better off. b. The policy change was approved by a unanimous vote. c. The policy change was a Pareto superior move d. The policy change moved from a Pareto optimal position to a non-Pareto optimal position.
The responsiveness of demand to changes in income holding the good's relative price constant is
A) price elasticity of demand. B) income elasticity of demand. C) elasticity of supply. D) cross price elasticity of demand.
Refer to the graph , in which Dt is the transactions demand for money, Dm is the total demand for money, and Sm is the supply of money. The market is initially in equilibrium at a 6 percent interest rate. If the money supply increases, then Sm2 will shift to:
A. Sm3 and the interest rate will be 4 percent
B. Sm3 and the interest rate will be 8 percent
C. Sm1 and the interest rate will be 8 percent
D. Sm1 and the interest rate will be 4 percent