How does top-down management of an economy affect it?
What will be an ideal response?
Top-down management reduces insecurity, but also reduces the incentive to innovate and make improvements. Without incentive, workers have less motivation to work harder or longer, reducing overall productivity.
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The concept of adverse selection helps to explain all of the following EXCEPT
A) why firms are more likely to obtain funds from banks and other financial intermediaries, rather than from the securities markets. B) why indirect finance is more important than direct finance as a source of business finance. C) why direct finance is more important than indirect finance as a source of business finance. D) why the financial system is so heavily regulated.
Along its long-run average total cost curve, a firm employs
a. a different amount of fixed inputs at each point b. the same amount of fixed inputs at each point c. a declining amount of fixed inputs at each point as it moves to higher output levels d. an increasing amount of fixed inputs at each point as it moves to higher output levels e. no fixed inputs
The long-run aggregate supply curve shifts right if
a. either immigration from abroad increases or technology improves. b. immigration from abroad increases, but not if technology improves. c. technology improves, but not if immigration from abroad increases. d. None of the above are correct.
Assume that both the demand curve and the supply curve for MP3 players shift to the right but the supply curve shifts more than the demand curve. As a result
A) both the equilibrium price and quantity of MP3 players will decrease. B) the equilibrium price of MP3 players will decrease; the equilibrium quantity will increase. C) the equilibrium price of MP3 players may increase or decrease; the equilibrium quantity will decrease. D) the equilibrium price of MP3 players will increase; the equilibrium quantity will decrease.