When considering different tax levels, the revenue-maximizing point will be reached more:
A. slowly when demand is more elastic.
B. quickly when demand is more elastic.
C. quickly when demand is less elastic.
D. quickly if demand is unit elastic.
B. quickly when demand is more elastic.
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If the demand and supply both increase equally, then the equilibrium price ________ and the equilibrium quantity ________
A) increases; increases B) increases; does not change C) does not change; increases D) increases; decreases E) decreases; does not change
Teddy buys only chocolate chip cookies and hot chocolate and spends all of his income on the two items. Suppose the price of a cookie rises. According to marginal utility theory, Teddy will buy
A) more cookies and less hot chocolate, which decreases his marginal utility from cookies and increases his marginal utility from hot chocolate. B) more cookies and less hot chocolate, which increases his marginal utility from cookies and decrease his marginal utility from hot chocolate. C) fewer cookies and more hot chocolate, which decreases his marginal utility from cookies and increases his marginal utility from hot chocolate. D) fewer cookies and more hot chocolate, which increases his marginal utility from cookies and decreases his marginal utility from hot chocolate.
If the Fed sells more bonds to the public, then the money supply will:
A. Decrease and the aggregate demand curve will shift to the right. B. Increase and the aggregate demand curve will shift to the right. C. Increase and the aggregate demand curve will shift to the left. D. If the Fed sells more bonds to the public, then the money supply will shift to the left.
As the economy falls from the peak to the trough of the business cycle:
A. Inflationary pressures should increase as unemployment rises. B. Cyclical unemployment should increase and real GDP should decline. C. Frictional unemployment should fall because people find jobs more quickly. D. Structural unemployment will be eliminated.