Why are the long-run effects of an increase in aggregate demand on price and output different from the short-run effects?
What will be an ideal response?
The long-run effects differ from the short-run effects of an increase in aggregate demand because the long-run and the short-run aggregate supply curves differ. With a vertical LRAS, changes in AD only affect the price level, not real GDP. With an upward sloping SRAS, changes in AD impact both the price level and real GDP.
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What will be an ideal response?
If pollution is reduced below the socially efficient level:
a. the marginal cost of pollution abatement exceeds the marginal benefit of pollution abatement b. the marginal cost of pollution abatement is less than the marginal benefit of pollution abatement. c. the marginal cost of pollution abatement equals the marginal benefit of pollution abatement. d. nothing can be said about the relationship between the marginal cost and marginal benefit of pollution abatement.
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a. a wider variety of products and higher prices. b. less product variety and higher prices. c. a wider variety of products and lower prices. d. less product variety and lower prices.