The MC curve slopes upward due to
A. increasing returns to scale.
B. diminishing returns.
C. constant returns to scale.
D. decreasing returns to scale.
Answer: B
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If the money supply in the economy were at MS2, and the Federal Reserve Bank used open market operations to move money supply to MS1 the overall result in the economy would be:
A. Aggregate demand shifted in, causing GDP to fall.
B. Aggregate supply shifted in, causing GDP to fall.
C. Aggregate demand shifted out, causing GDP to rise
D. LRAS move to the FE level of output.
Which of the following is true?
A. The completion of the transcontinental railroad system in the 1880s eventually made the United States the world's first mass market. B. Southern manufacturers were hurt by the high protective tariffs of the 19th century that kept out cheaper British manufactured goods. C. Agricultural inventions such as John Deere's steel plows greatly improved farm productivity. D. All of the choices are true.
Price elasticity of demand is calculated as the change in price divided by the change in quantity demanded.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Which of the following is a consequence of the voting paradox?
A) The collective preferences of voters are not transitive and voting outcomes are inconsistent. B) Individuals and firms who benefit from government actions engage in rent seeking. C) A majority of voters elect a candidate that does not represent the preferences of the voter who is in the political middle. D) Politicians support small groups of individuals and firms that benefit from special interest legislation, rather than a much larger group of voters who pay the cost for this legislation.