When a 2 percent increase in price generates a greater than 2 percent decrease in quantity demanded, then:
a. demand is price inelastic.
b. total revenue increases.
c. demand is positively sloped.
d. demand is unit elastic.
e. total revenue decreases.
e
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The taxi commission that authorized this fare increase must have believed that the demand for taxi service was A) elastic, but not perfectly elastic. B) inelastic, but not perfectly inelastic. C) unit elastic. D) perfectly inelastic.
Typically, as an economy begins to emerge from a recessionary phase of the business cycle
A) investment begins to fall. B) inflation begins to fall. C) unemployment falls immediately. D) unemployment continues to rise.
Which of the following is a valid concern about the national debt for a country whose debt is held entirely by its citizens?
a. The welfare of future generations will be directly related to the per capita size of the national debt that they inherit. b. Growth of the national debt will eventually lead to the bankruptcy of the government. c. When the debt comes due, future generations may be unable to pay it off. d. If the increases in the national debt reduce private expenditures on capital formation, future generations may have lower incomes because they will inherit a smaller stock of capital.
A good is an inferior good if the consumer buys less of it when
a. his income rises. b. the price of the good rises. c. the price of a substitute good falls. d. his income falls.