According to Nobel Prize winner Douglass North, the most important factor in limiting economic growth in developing countries today is ________
A) the relatively low level of saving
B) the relatively high rate of inflation
C) the inability to develop effective low-cost contract enforcement
D) the inadequate state of the health care system
C
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A perfectly competitive industry achieves allocative efficiency in the long run. What does allocative efficiency mean?
A) Firms use an input combination that minimizes cost and maximizes output. B) Each firm produces up to the point where all scale economies are exhausted. C) Each firm produces up to the point where the price of the good equals the marginal cost of producing the last unit. D) Production occurs at the lowest average total cost.
If the world real interest rate were 6% and the domestic real interest rate in Denmark was 9%, borrowers in Denmark would borrow at the rate of ________ and lenders in Denmark would lend at the rate of ________
A) 6%; 6% B) 6%; 9% C) 9%; 6% D) 9%; 9%
Other things constant, countries that invest more will grow
What will be an ideal response?
When there is an increase in the wages the banking industry offers accountants, what happens to the supply of accountants available to other industries?
A) The supply to other industries increases. B) The supply to other industries falls. C) The supply curve for other industries shifts to the right. D) no change