International trade will:
A. decrease total surplus, which creates a role for government.
B. increase total surplus only if the country is a net-importer of a particular good.
C. create more efficiency.
D. increase total surplus only if the country is a net-exporter of a particular good.
Answer: C
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Under which of the following conditions would a profit-maximizing monopolist necessarily raise price?
A. If product demand was price-elastic B. If marginal revenue is positive C. If marginal revenue was greater than marginal cost D. If marginal cost was greater than marginal revenue
During 2008, Swaziland had a real GDP growth rate of 1.8 percent and a real GDP growth rate per person of -1.3 percent. These rates indicate that in Swaziland
A) the population grew at a faster rate than real GDP. B) real GDP grew more rapidly than did the population. C) there was an error when calculating the growth rates because the growth rate of real GDP per person cannot be negative. D) poverty levels are declining. E) the population growth rate was negative.
Which of the following correctly describes "frictional unemployment"?
A) Frictional unemployment falls in recessions and rises in expansions. B) Frictional unemployment occurs mainly during recessions. C) Frictional unemployment includes only people who are job losers. D) Frictional unemployment is a normal occurrence in a growing economy. E) Frictional unemployment includes only people who are job leavers.
According to empirical observations, the cost of restricting international trade in the U.S. is much greater than the benefits generated from restriction. In the light of the above observation, which of the following statements is true?
a. Domestic producers end up earning lower profits than what they would earn without trade restrictions. b. Consumers end up paying much more for the goods they buy in order to subsidize the relatively inefficient domestic producer. c. U.S. GDP would be over $14 billion higher with import restrictions than without restrictions. d. Protection of the U.S. textile and sugar industries means that all consumers pay a lower price for clothing and sugar. e. Protection of the domestic industries enable the producers to charge lower prices for their products.