Which has a greater impact on expanding aggregate demand?

Consider a short-run equilibrium in a perfectly competitive market. Suppose that the firms' average total cost and marginal cost schedules differ. In the short run,

A) all firms in the market must be able to make an economic profit. B) all firms produce equal amounts of output. C) some firms might incur an economic loss, but still produce output. D) some firms might make an economic profit and, as a result, shut down. E) all firms in the market must be able to make either positive or zero economic profit.

In a two-country, two-product world, the statement "Germany enjoys a comparative advantage over France in autos relative to ships" is equivalent to

A) France having a comparative advantage over Germany in ships. B) France having a comparative disadvantage compared to Germany in autos and ships. C) Germany having a comparative advantage over France in autos and ships. D) France having no comparative advantage over Germany. E) France should produce autos.

Why did the interest rate volatility of the 1970s spur financial innovation?

What will be an ideal response?

With a contractionary monetary policy, as the output gap increases, the response of the central bank will tend to cause net capital outflows to ________ and cause the nominal exchange rate to ________

A) increase; increase B) increase; decrease C) decrease; increase D) decrease; decrease