The economist known for his early empirical work supporting the efficient markets hypothesis is
A) Milton Friedman.
B) John Muth.
C) Eugene Fama.
D) Glenn Hubbard.
C
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When the Fed changes the quantity of money, there is an immediate effect on
A) the inflation rate but not the price level. B) the nominal interest rate. C) real GDP. D) the price level and the inflation rate. E) the price level but not the inflation rate.
Suppose somebody made the following statement: "There will never be a substitute for Howard Stern, the radio shock-jock." According to the economic way of thinking, the above statement
A) is essentially true. B) is misleading because cloning already exists and it is a matter of time before people will be cloned. C) is incorrect because many people choose to listen to other programs as the perceived costs of listening to Howard Stern change. D) is essentially false because Howard Stern provides nothing of value to society.
The actual deadweight loss from monopoly in the U.S. may be greater than calculated estimates because some
a. monopolies experience strong economies of scale b. monopolists spend resources to secure and maintain their monopoly c. monopolists may purposely keep price lower than its profit-maximizing level, in order to increase barriers to entry d. monopolists' markets are contestable e. monopolists' prices and profits are regulated by the government
A charity that used to arrange matching charitable contributions, but no longer does, is likely to ________ the free-rider problem and lead to a ________ level of contribution to the public good.
A. reduce; smaller B. reduce; larger C. increase; smaller D. increase; larger