If a 1% change in the price of a good causes a 1% change in the quantity demanded, the good has an elasticity of demand:
A) equal to 0.
B) less than 1.
C) equal to 1.
D) greater than 1.
C
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If the price of a product increases by 5 percent and the quantity demanded decreases by 5 percent, then the elasticity of demand is
A) 0. B) 1. C) indeterminate. D) 5. E) 25.
Technology reduces the average cost of production, so in the long run
i. perfectly competitive firms produce at a lower average cost. ii. the market price of the good falls. iii. firms with older plants either exit the market or adopt the new technology. A) i only. B) i and ii. C) iii only. D) i and iii. E) i, ii, and iii.
The sale of Treasury securities by the Federal Reserve will, in general
A) not change the quantity of reserves held by banks. B) decrease the quantity of reserves held by banks. C) increase the quantity of reserves held by banks. D) not change the money supply.
Between two countries, comparative advantage is found by comparing the:
a. relative costs of production in each country. b. absolute costs of production in each country after accounting for inflation. c. labor hours required to produce a bundle of products in each country. d. level of interest rates in each country. e. shipping and transportation costs of each country.