If Congress decides to reduce the tax per pack paid by sellers of cigarettes, other things being equal, the price of cigarettes will fall. This fall in prices can be attributed a(n):
a. upward movement along the supply curve for cigarettes.
b. rightward shift of the supply curve for cigarettes.
c. downward movement along the demand curve for cigarettes.
d. leftward shift of the supply curve for cigarettes.
b
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A) c > 0 B) a + b = -c C) c = 0 D) c < 0
Critics of Douglass North's "market opportunity response" model suggest that surges in land sales in the Old Northwest in the 1810s, 1830s and 1850s were due to
a. improved transportation between the Old Northwest and the Northeast. b. rising prices for hogs. c. a reduction of British interference. d. pervasive land speculation.
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a. It implies that the slope of the curve increases as the number of workers employed increases. b. It implies that the slope of the curve becomes negative as the number of workers employed increases. c. It implies that the slope of the curve decreases (or becomes flatter) as the number of workers employed increases. d. It keeps the slope the same throughout. e. It has nothing to do with the slope of the aggregate production function.