Which of the following would cause a decrease in the price of a good?
A) an increasing shift in the supply of a good and no shift in demand
B) a decreasing shift in the supply of a good and no shift in demand
C) an increasing shift in the demand for good and no shift in supply
D) an increasing shift in the demand for good and a decreasing shift in supply
A
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Which of the following is true of economic expansions?
A) Economic expansions are defined as the period between recessions. B) Consumption increases but investment falls during periods of economic expansion. C) Output grows during periods of economic expansion, but the unemployment rate is also high. D) Governments can correctly predict the length of periods of economic expansion.
Over the past twenty years, the number of small family farms has fallen significantly and in their place there are fewer, but larger, farms owned by corporations. Which of the following best explains this trend?
A) diminishing returns to labor in farming B) declining productivity C) diseconomies of scale in farming D) economies of scale in farming
Experimental data are often
A) observational data. B) binary data, in that the subject either does or does not respond to the treatment. C) panel data. D) time series data.
Suppose that utility-maximizing consumers in San Francisco pay three times as much for apples as for peaches. What is the ratio of the marginal utility of apples to the marginal utility of peaches?
A. 1/3 B. 3 C. 2/3 D. none of the above E. cannot determine without further information