As a household's disposable income increases, its autonomous expenditures ________ and its induced expenditures ________
A) increase; do not change
B) decrease; do not change
C) increase; increase by a smaller amount than the increase in income
D) do not change; increase by an amount equal to the increase in income
E) do not change; increase by a smaller amount than the increase in income
E
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A firm's marginal revenue is
A) the change in total revenue that results from a one-unit increase in the quantity sold. B) total revenue minus total cost. C) the change in total revenue minus the change in total cost. D) the change in total revenue that results from an increase in the demand for the good or service. E) less than the market price for a perfectly competitive firm.
Ethan enjoys buying books and going to the movies. He has income of $150 to spend on these two goods each month. The price of a book is $15 and the price of going to the movies is also $15. He currently consumes four books and six movies a month. If the price of a book increases to $20, then:
A. the substitution and income effects would both predict Ethan would consume more of both goods. B. the substitution and income effects would both predict Ethan would consume less of both goods. C. the substitution effect would predict Ethan would consume more books and less movies, and the income effect would predict he would consume less of both. D. the substitution effect would predict Ethan would consume less books and more movies and the income effect would predict he would consume less of both.
If a firm has a U-shaped long-run average cost curve,
a. its fixed cost rises as output rises. b. it must have increasing returns to scale at low levels of production and decreasing returns to scale at high levels of production. c. it must have increasing returns to each input at low levels of production and decreasing returns to each input at high levels of production. d. the firm can maximize its output by operating at the point of minimum long-run average cost.
The Fed's response to the zero lower bound problem was quantitative easing (or "QE"), where the Fed buys large amounts of bonds in order to:
A. Lower the interest rates B. Increase banks' reserves C. Lower bond prices D. Reduce money supply