All of the following were significant changes in the mortgage market in the 2000s EXCEPT
A) investment banks became significant participants in the secondary mortgage market.
B) lenders loosened lending standards.
C) mortgage-backed securities became more popular with investors.
D) borrowers tended to increase the amount of their down payments.
D
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Suppose the market for grass seed is expressed as:
Demand: QD = 100 - 2p Supply: QS = 3p Price elasticity of supply is constant at 1. If the supply curve is changed to Q = 8p, price elasticity of supply is still constant at one. Yet with the new supply curve, consumers pay a larger share of a specific tax. Why?
Which of the following about trade is true?
a. Trade does not produce anything new; therefore, it cannot create value. b. The value of a good is determined by the cost of the material resources required for its production. c. The value of a good generally depends on who uses it and circumstances such as when and where it is used. d. All of the above are true.
The traditional view of monopolistic competition holds that this type of industrial structure is inefficient because
a. there are too few firms to reach an efficient level of production. b. firms do not operate at the output that minimizes average costs. c. more advertising is needed to inform customers about product differences. d. consumers do not have enough choice among the product varieties available.
If the executives of the U.S. silicon-chip industry lobby Congress for protection from imports on the grounds that theirs is a new industry that needs time to develop technological efficiency, they are using the:
A) environmental standards argument. B) infant industry argument. C) cheap foreign labor argument. D) national security argument.