Unlike a perfectly competitive firm, a monopolistically competitive firm
a. faces a perfectly inelastic demand curve.
b. can earn positive economic profit in the short run and in the long run.
c. cannot earn positive economic profit even in the short run.
d. has a negatively sloped demand curve.
d
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Actual real GDP this year is expected to exceed last year's by two percent, while the annual growth rate of natural real GDP is three percent. This is enough to lead us to expect that this year's unemployment rate will be
A) below last year's and below the natural rate of unemployment. B) below last year's but still above the natural rate of unemployment. C) below last year's. D) above last year's. E) above last year's and above the natural rate of unemployment.
Investment in the agricultural economy of the antebellum period of U.S. history usually entailed everything below except
(a) Clearing lands (b) Purchasing stocks and bonds (c) Constructing fences and buildings (d) Purchasing farm implements
Which of the following explains why a $100 billion reduction in consumption spending might decrease equilibrium real GDP by more than $100 billion?
A. Say's law. B. The quantity theory of money. C. Flexible resource prices. D. The multiplier principle.
The single most important reason for Canada's seeking a free trade agreement with the United States was to
A) ensure its access to the U.S. market. B) ensure its ability to join NAFTA. C) harmonize its environmental laws with the United States. D) avoid international outsourcing in low wage countries.