To determine whether an increase in the price of gasoline results in a consumer spending a larger share of their expenditure on gasoline we need to know
A) only how much money the consumer spends on gasoline before the price change
B) only the change in the price of gasoline
C) only the change in the price of gasoline as a percentage of the original price
D) only the own price elasticity of demand for gasoline
E) none of the above
D
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The effective owner of a resource is the person who
A) can appropriate the income that arises from selling the services of the resource. B) enjoys physical possession of the resource. C) has legal title to the resource. D) has mixed the resource with individual effort to create private property.
The investment demand curve
a. is upward sloping b. is downward sloping c. is horizontal d. begins sloping upward then flattens out e. begins sloping downward, then flattens out
Which of the following purchases is included in the calculation of gross domestic product?
a) a used economics textbook from the bookstore b) new harvesting equipment for the farm c) 1,000 shares of stock in a computer firm d) a car produced in a foreign country e) government bonds issued by a foreign firm
Which of the following statements concerning the prisoner's dilemma is TRUE?
A) The player who moves last will always win. B) Confessing is the dominant strategy for both players. C) Neither player will pick the dominant strategy. D) The player who moves first will always win.