The economic problem with Medicare financing is that
A) there is a built-in incentive to provide fewer services by doctors.
B) there is a built-in incentive to travel to Canada to receive medical services.
C) the cost of providing services is falling annually.
D) there is a built-in incentive to consume more services.
Answer: D
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A price ceiling
A) is an illegal price. B) is the price that exists in a black market. C) is the maximum price that can legally be charged. D) Both answers A and B are correct. E) Both answers B and C are correct.
In the circular flow of income
A) households demand goods and services that are supplied by firms, and the firms demand factors that are supplied by intermediate firms. B) households demand goods and services that are supplied by firms, while supplying factors that are demanded by firms. C) households sell goods and services while firms sell factors. D) households buy goods and services while firms sell goods and services. Firms obtain labor from households, capital from government, and raw materials from other firms.
Which of the following statements regarding cartels is not correct?
A) Cartels are sometimes difficult to maintain because a member can cheat by raising its price above the agreed price. B) Cartels restrict industry output in order to raise price. C) Cartels are inherently stable, because oligopolistic firms rarely change price. D) are easier to establish and maintain when the cost functions of the individual members are more similar to one another.
Tools to help solve the adverse selection problem in financial markets include all of the following EXCEPT
A) diversification. B) government regulations to increase information. C) the use of financial intermediaries. D) the private production and sale of information.