The demand for a luxury good whose purchase would exhaust a big portion of one's income is

A. relatively elastic.
B. relatively inelastic.
C. perfectly elastic.
D. unit-elastic.


Answer: A

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The largest income component in the national income accounts is

A. wages. B. rents. C. corporate profits. D. interest.

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Stagflation occurs when the economy experiences:

A. low unemployment and low inflation. B. high unemployment and rapid inflation. C. low unemployment and rapid inflation. D. high unemployment and low inflation.

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Tobin's q is equal to

A. the expected after-tax real interest rate. B. the ratio of capital's market value to its replacement cost. C. the stock market value of a firm. D. the ratio of capital's replacement cost to its market value.

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