Assume perfect capital mobility. Under a fixed exchange rate system, expansionary fiscal policy causes the value of the dollar to _____, while expansionary monetary policy causes the value of the dollar to _____
a. rise; rise
b. fall; fall
c. fall; rise
d. rise; fall
D
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Empirical studies suggest that when a large number of firms are present in a market, prices are usually ________ and profits are usually ________ than when there are only a few firms in a market.
A. lower; higher B. lower; lower C. higher; higher D. higher; lower
What are signals? How do profits function as signals?
What will be an ideal response?
Steel producers in the United States observe that foreign sales of U.S. steel has drastically declined due to stringent trade policies adopted by the foreign governments and unfair treatment of U.S. steel exports in foreign countries. The lobbying efforts of such loss making U.S. steel manufacturers induce the domestic government to restrict the entry of imported steel and help stimulate the
sales of domestically produced steel. Which of the following tariffs is most similar to the example mentioned above? a. A tariff imposed by the government to stimulate domestic production of a high-technology good with positive spillover effects b. A tariff imposed by the government on the import of cotton textiles because it is an infant industry in the domestic country c. An import tariff applied against a foreign monopoly supplying the domestic market d. Tariffs imposed by the government on an import competing industry that generates a negative production externality e. Reciprocal tariffs introduced by the government of a country as a call for fair trade
Which of the following methods of picking stocks is not consistent with fundamental analysis?
a. doing research such as thoroughly reading and analyzing companies' annual reports b. choosing mutual funds that are managed by individuals with good reputations c. viewing individual stock prices as unpredictable d. relying upon the advice of Wall Street analysts