Explain the determinants of investment. Include in your answer an explanation of how a change in each determinant affects investment
What will be an ideal response?
Investment depends on the level of sales/output and on the interest rate. As output changes, the demand for goods will change and firms will change investment so that their capacity changes with the level of economic activity (and demand). I also depends on the interest rate. As the interest rate rises, the cost of borrowing rises. Firms will cut back on investment as borrowing costs rise.
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Refer to above figure. Albania refused to engage in international trade for ideological reasons. To maximize its economic welfare it would choose to produce at which point in the diagram above? Suppose the PA/PB at point a was equal to 1
Given this information, in which good (A or B) does Albania enjoy a comparative advantage? Now that the Cold War is over, Albania is interested in obtaining economic welfare gains from trade. The relevant international relative price is PA/PB = 2. Albania would therefore choose to produce at which point (a, b, or c)? Given this additional information, in which good does Albania enjoy a comparative advantage?
The WTO encourages nations to take unilateral action on trade issues, including issues involving environmental protection
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Suppose an insurance company has estimated that 20 percent of all of its potential policy owners are high-cost and sets a price for their insurance policy with the understanding that 20 percent of its policy owners will be high-cost. If the true percentage of high-cost potential policy owners is 40 percent, the insurance company is likely to face ________.
A) moral hazard B) the principal-agent problem C) adverse selection D) the bad apple problem
Which of the following is not a gain from division of labor?
a. Workers' abilities are matched to tasks. b. Workers gain experience from the repetition of the tasks. c. Workers save time by not moving to different tasks. d. Workers' morale increases as tasks become more specialized. e. The introduction of labor-saving machinery is possible.