Firms that exhibit price-taking behavior
A) wait for other firms to set price, take it as given, and charge a higher price.
B) have outputs that are too small to influence market price and thus take it as given.
C) take pricing behavior in their own hands.
D) are independently capable of setting price.
B
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Use the following diagrams for the U.S. economy to answer the next question.
Which of the diagrams best portrays the effects of an increase in resource productivity?
A. Graph (1) B. Graph (2) C. Graph (3) D. Graph (4)
Other things equal:
A. Workers with higher levels of human capital will tend to migrate to countries providing greater wage opportunities B. Workers with lower levels of human capital will tend to migrate to countries providing greater wage opportunities C. Smaller wage differences between countries will tend to increase the flow of immigration between countries D. Workers with higher levels of human capital will migrate to higher-wage countries regardless of the distance between countries
Which of the following is NOT an argument against using monetary policy to prick asset-price bubbles?
A) The effect of increasing interest rates on asset prices is uncertain. B) A bubble may only exist in some asset-prices and monetary policy will affect all asset prices. C) Using monetary policy to prick an asset-price bubble may have adverse effect on the aggregate economy. D) Even though credit-drive bubbles are easier to identify, they are still relatively hard to identify.
Suppose The United Bank of Glassen has loaned $250 to Mr. Joseph Langdon for his business. Mr. Langdon repays the loan with a check written against his own bank, Rexan Bank. Which of the following is likely to happen as a result of this transaction? a. The reserves at the United Bank of Glassen will fall
b. The reserves at Rexan Bank will increase. c. Checkable deposits at Rexan Bank will increase. d. Rexan Bank will make more loans than before. e. The reserves and checkable deposits of Rexan Bank will decrease.