Government bureaus, unlike private firms,
a. derive their revenue by selling output to the government
b. have incentives to respond to consumers' desires
c. price their output by equating marginal cost and marginal revenue
d. attempt to achieve zero profit
e. receive little consumer feedback
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A) are irrational. B) are only concerned with "number one" (i.e., themselves). C) try to advance their own projects. D) cannot possibly behave in the interests of others.
The quantity theory of money is the idea that in the long run
A) the quantity of money is determined by banks. B) the quantity of money serves as a good indicator of how well money functions as a store of value. C) the quantity of money determines real GDP. D) an increase in the growth rate of the quantity of money leads to an equal increase in the inflation rate.
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A) substitutes and their indifference curves are close to being straight lines. B) complements and their indifference curves are close to being straight lines. C) substitutes and their indifference curves are close to being L shaped. D) complements and their indifference curves are close to being L shaped.
An elastic demand indicates that
A) quantity demanded does not vary with changes in the price. B) relatively small changes in price lead to relatively large changes in quantity demanded. C) relatively large changes in price are required to obtain a relatively small change in quantity demanded. D) relatively large changes in quantity demanded lead to relatively large changes in price.