If a nation experiences a rapid increase in the number of immigrants, which increases its aggregate supply:
a. Average price level and real GDP should remain constant until the immigrants become citizens.
b. Average price level and real GDP should fall.
c. Average price level and real GDP should rise.
d. Average price level should fall, and real GDP should rise.
e. Average price level should rise, and real GDP should fall.
.D
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Which of the following statements is true about efficiency wages?
a. Efficiency wages reduce monitoring cost of the employer. b. Employees benefit more from efficiency wages than employers. c. Productivity of the employee is usually unaffected by efficiency wages. d. Loafing is more rewarding for employees who earn efficiency wages.
In the figure above, what happens to total revenue as we move from point A to point B?
A) It increases. B) It decreases. C) It remains constant. D) It becomes negative. E) More information about the elasticity of demand is needed to determine if it increases, decreases, or does not change.
If the Fed unexpectedly increases the money supply, real GDP
a. increases because the resulting increase in the interest rate leads to a decrease in investment. b. increases because the resulting decrease in the interest rate leads to an increase in investment. c. decreases because the resulting increase in the interest rate leads to a decrease in investment. d. decreases because the resulting increase in the interest rate leads to an increase in investment. e. decreases because the resulting decrease in the interest rate leads to an increase in investment.
If aggregate quantity supplied is greater than aggregate quantity demanded at a particular price level, then a
A) shortage exists and consumers will bid the price level up. B) surplus exists and consumers will bid the price level up. C) surplus exists and the price level will decline. D) shortage exists and the price level will decline. E) c and d