According to the United Nations, the largest expected growth in population for the coming decades will occur on which continent?
A) South America B) Africa C) Europe D) North America
B
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A key finding of the economic analysis of financial structure is that
A) the existence of the free-rider problem for traded securities helps to explain why banks play a predominant role in financing the activities of businesses. B) while free-rider problems limit the extent to which securities markets finance some business activities, nevertheless the majority of funds going to businesses are channeled through securities markets. C) given the great extent to which securities markets are regulated, free-rider problems are not of significant economic consequence in these markets. D) economists do not have a very good explanation for why securities markets are so heavily regulated.
If a monopolist were to produce in the inelastic segment of its demand curve
A) total revenue would be at a maximum. B) total revenue would be at a minimum. C) the firm would maximize profits. D) a further drop in the price will change quantity demanded less than proportionately.
To decrease anxiety in its most accomplished teachers, a school decides to offer them tenure, to help them concentrate on teaching better. Instead it notices that even the best of the teachers started to get sloppy with their work. The school did not foresee
a. Adverse selection b. Moral hazard c. All of the above d. None of the above
Over the past 50 years, the U.S. poverty rate was at its lowest level in
a. 1973. b. 1980. c. 1990. d. 2008.