The slope of a graph that shows a direct relationship is:
A. Always positive
B. Either positive or negative
C. Possibly zero
D. Either zero or infinite
Answer: A
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A) Foreign direct investment involves purchases of foreign stock or bonds by individuals or firms, while foreign portfolio investment involves a firm purchasing or building a facility in a foreign country. B) Individuals engage in foreign portfolio investment, but only firms can engage in foreign direct investment. C) Foreign direct investment can give a low-income country access to funds and technology it would not otherwise have, but foreign portfolio investment does not expand that access. D) Foreign direct investment only takes place when governments make official purchases or foreign investments, while foreign portfolio investment takes place when firms, individuals, or the government purchase foreign investments.
Under monopolistic competition ________
A) many goods and services are not standardized B) prices adjust slowly to equilibrium C) even if there is substantial competition in the market, some firms can set prices D) all of the above E) none of the above
A production possibility frontier that is a line sloping straight down from left to right suggests that:
The United States is best known as a
A) pure market system. B) dictatorship. C) command and control system. D) mixed economic system.