If an economy were experiencing a high rate of unemployment as the result of insufficient aggregate demand, a Keynesian economist would favor:
a. a reduction in taxes coupled with a reduction in government expenditures of equal size.
b. an increase in government expenditures coupled with an increase in taxes of equal size.
c. a reduction in taxes, without any offsetting reduction in government expenditures.
d. maintenance of a balanced budget.
c
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Based on the figure below. Starting from long-run equilibrium at point C, a tax cut that increases aggregate demand from AD to AD1 will lead to a short-run equilibrium at point ________ and eventually to a long-run equilibrium at point ________, if left to self-correcting tendencies. 
A. D; C B. B; C C. B; A D. D; B
In IS-LM analysis, the nominal interest rate is
A) purely a monetary phenomenon. B) purely a real phenomenon. C) both a monetary and a real phenomenon. D) neither a real nor a monetary phenomenon, but determined by government policy.
A firm with two factories, one in Michigan and one in Texas, has decided that it should produce a total of 500 units of output in order to maximize profit. The firm is currently producing 200 units in the Michigan factory and 300 units in the Texas factory. At this allocation between plants, the last unit of output produced in Michigan added $5 to total cost, while the last unit of output produced in Texas added $3 to total cost. If the firm produces 201 units in Michigan and 299 units in Texas instead:
A. total cost will decrease $2 B. total cost will decrease $3 C. profit will increase $2 D. both a and b E. none of the above
Since a large and a small wind turbine have the same installation, operating, and maintenance costs, but a large turbine has four times the generating capacity but costs less than three times as much as a small turbine, the wind power industry faces decreasing returns to scale.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)