Inflation:
a. Never hurts the economy.
b. Only hurts the economy as a whole when it is not expected.
c. Never redistributes income and wealth.
d. Hurts the economy when incentives are affected.
.D
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Use the above table. Assuming constant opportunity costs, if countries Alpha and Beta specialize based on comparative advantage, then
A) Alpha should specialize in knives and Beta should specialize in forks. B) Alpha should specialize in forks and Beta should specialize in knives. C) Alpha should specialize in producing both items. D) Beta should produce both items.
The starting point of many methods for predicting equilibrium strategy in sequential games is
a. designing proactive reactions to rival actions b. information sets c. uncertain outcomes d. backwards induction based on an explicit order of play e. endgame analysis
For a single country to influence the price of some good in the global market:
A. it must be considered a price taker. B. the quantity it produces and consumes must be small relative to the total amount of that good bought and sold worldwide. C. the quantity it produces and consumes must be large relative to the total amount of that good bought and sold worldwide. D. the country must be large relative to other nations in the world
Figure 5-11
In Figure 5-11, a consumer is initially at point A. There is a price change and she moves to B. It follows that
a.
the demand for beer follows the law of demand.
b.
the demand for beer does not follow the law of demand.
c.
wine is an inferior good.
d.
the consumer is confused.