The real value of any variable is its nominal value:
A. adjusted for inflation.
B. holding the base constant.
C. holding the basket constant.
D. adjusting for income.
Answer: A
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Which of the following situations describing a resource allocation method most resembles the market price method?
A) Food from the Weld County Food Bank is distributed to families in need. B) Lattes are sold at Starbucks. C) Jose works at Intel. His manager tells him what work needs to be completed each month. D) Matt's mother had the rule that whoever cuts the cake chooses their slice last. E) Seventy percent of Austin's chess club wanted to purchase new chess sets and thirty percent did not. The club purchased the sets.
The Yankee Candle Company, in Hatfield, Massachusetts, makes scented candles. When strawberry-scented candles are made, townspeople enjoy the scent that covers the town. When potpourri-scented candles are made, people stay indoors to avoid the scent. We can infer that if the scented-candle markets are in equilibrium
a. neither strawberry nor potpourri scented candles will be produced b. strawberry candles' prices are higher than the socially optimum c. potpourri candles' prices are higher than the socially optimum d. candle production generates only negative externalities e. candle production technologies are inefficient
Suppose the federal excise tax rate on gasoline is increased by 50 percent. Which of the following is the most likely impact on the tax revenue derived from the federal gas tax?
a. Tax revenues will increase by less than 50 percent. b. Tax revenues will increase by 50 percent. c. Tax revenues will increase by more than 50 percent. d. The revenue from the gasoline tax will go to zero.
When does the advertisers' dilemma occur?
What will be an ideal response?