What will shift the short run aggregate supply curve to the left?
a. an increase in the quantity of capital
b. an increase in inflationary expectations
c. an increase in interest rates
d. a technological advance
Answer: b. an increase in inflationary expectations
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Which of the following statements is true?
A) Economics is concerned with money, not choices. B) Economics can be used to predict people's actions. C) Economics does not provide insights into human behavior. D) Economic reasoning tends to reduce the quality of decision making.
A monopoly is a sole ____, and a monopsonist is a sole ____.
A. buyer in a product market; seller in a product market B. seller in a product market; seller in a labor market C. buyer in a product market; seller in a labor market D. seller in a product market; buyer in a labor market
Assume the price of product Y (the quantity of which is on the vertical axis) is $15 and the price of product X (the quantity of which is on the horizontal axis) is $3. Also assume that money income is $60. The absolute value of the slope of the
resulting budget line: A. is 5. B. is 1/5. C. is 4. D. is 20.
Even if a market is not competitive, the firms in the market may behave competitively if
A. The market is regulated. B. There are economies of scale. C. Potential competition exists. D. A natural monopoly exists.