Recall the Application about housing prices in Cuba to answer the following question(s).Recent housing reforms in Cuba should give homeowners ________ incentives to repair their homes and therefore ________ construction of new homes.
A. more; decrease
B. more; increase
C. fewer; decrease
D. fewer; increase
Answer: B
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When you have diminishing marginal returns to labor
A) variable costs remain constant as more output is produced. B) variable costs fall as more output is produced. C) variable costs rise as more output is produced. D) fixed costs rise as more output is produced because you have to buy more equipment to compensate.
In Spain, people are considered organ donors unless they explicitly indicate they do not want to be. In the United States, people are only considered organ donors if they explicitly indicate they wish to be. Behavioral economics would suggest that
A) everything else equal, the opt-in system of Spain would generate more organ donors. as a percentage of the adult population. B) everything else equal, the opt-in system of the United States would generate more organ donors as a percentage of the adult population. C) everything else equal, the opt-out system of Spain would generate more organ donors. as a percentage of the adult population. D) everything else equal, the opt-out system of the United States would generate more organ donors as a percentage of the adult population.
A firm has $200,000 to spend on either direct sales or advertising. Suppose further that if the $200,000 is spent on direct sales, it will bring in an accounting profit of $40,000. Instead, the (accounting) profit it could obtain from a $200,000 investment in advertising is $X. Compare the profitability of the two options if (a) X = 50,000, (b) X = 30,000, or (c) X = 40,000.
What will be an ideal response?
Suppose that the equilibrium interest rate is 8 percent, but the actual interest rate is 5 percent. Very quickly,
a. bond prices fall b. bond prices will rise c. the interest rate will begin to fluctuate until bondholders reduce their demand for money d. the primary bond market will start its adjustment process e. the supply and demand for money will both increase