The short-run version of aggregate supply assumes that product prices are:
A. Fixed while resource prices are flexible
B. Flexible while resource prices are fixed
C. Both input and product prices are flexible
D. Both input and product prices are fixed
B. Flexible while resource prices are fixed
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A newspaper headline reads "A New Wave of Workers Enters the Job Market!" This wave of young, new entrants to the labor market is likely to lead to
A) no effect on the unemployment rate. B) an increase in the natural unemployment rate. C) a decrease in the natural unemployment rate but an increase in the actual unemployment rate. D) a decrease in the unemployment rate. E) a decrease in the country's potential GDP.
For a product with external benefits that is produced in a competitive, unregulated market, how can the resulting market output be described?
A) underproduction compared to the efficient level B) overproduction compared to the efficient level C) production equals the efficient level D) Underproduction or overproduction are both possible depending on whether the external benefit is to consumption or production. E) None of the above is correct.
According to Tobin's q theory, when equity prices are high the market price of existing capital is ________ relative to new capital, so expenditure on fixed investment is ________
A) cheap; low B) dear; low C) cheap; high D) dear; high
All else held constant, as the variance of a payoff increases, the
A) expected value of the payoff increases. B) risk of the payoff increases. C) expected value of the payoff decreases. D) risk of the payoff decreases.