The figure above represents the production possibilities frontier for a country
a) The nation is currently producing at point B and wants to move to point C. What is the opportunity cost of the move?
b) The nation is currently producing at point B and wants to move to point A. What is the opportunity cost of the move?
a) By moving from point B to point C, the production of automobiles decreases by 1 million, from 3 million to 2 million. The 1 million decrease in automobiles is the opportunity cost of the movement.
b) By moving from point B to point A, the production of cameras decreases by 3 million, from 3 million to 0 million. The 3 million decrease in cameras is the opportunity cost of the movement.
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Which oligopoly model results in firms successively undercutting their rivals' prices until the competitive outcome is reached?
a. The contestable market model. b. The Cournot model of oligopoly. c. The Bertrand model of oligopoly. d. The monopolistic competition model.
If the multiplier is 4, the marginal propensity to consume (MPC) must be
A) 0.5. B) 0.25. C) 0.75. D) 1.
The income elasticity of demand is a measure of
A) how demand for a product changes when the price of a substitute or complement product changes. B) how responsive consumers are to changes in the price of a product. C) how responsive suppliers are to changes in the price of a product. D) the extent to which the demand for a good changes when income changes. E) the extent to which the supply of a good changes when the demand changes as a result of a change in income.
Given the bank reserve-holding ratio e and the quantity of bank deposits D, the demand by banks for high-powered money is
A) eD. B) e/D. C) D/e. D) e + D. E) D - e.