The speculative demand for money may not exist because
A) banks now pay interest on some types of checkable deposits.
B) there are alternative riskless assets paying higher returns than the return on money.
C) the transactions demand can be shown to depend on interest rates.
D) government regulations have eliminated risk in the financial markets.
B
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Refer to Figure 4-1. If the market price is $2.00, what is Arnold's consumer surplus?
A) $0.50 B) $1.00 C) $1.50 D) $3.00
For a firm in a perfectly competitive market, if it is producing at a level of output where marginal costs are equal to marginal revenue it:
A. should cut back production to increase profits. B. should increase production to increase profits. C. is producing a profit-maximizing quantity. D. is impossible to tell how quantity should be changed without more information.
Suppose there are 1,825 taxi medallions in Boston, each valued at about $250,000. Assume the price elasticity of demand for taxi rides is 1; the current price for a taxi ride is $4.75 per mile, and the cost of the ride is $3.00 per mile. How much would a person be willing to pay for a new medallion if the city increased the number of medallions to 2,000? (Hint: The price of the medallions is equal to the total profit from the average total number of miles each medallion will accumulate.)
A. $250,000 B. $160,000 C. $337,000 D. $185,000
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