The interest rate effect predicts that higher prices:
A. make it more expensive to borrow, leading to higher interest rates and less investment.
B. make people worse off by reducing the value of their wealth, leading them to save more and spend less.
C. increase borrowing, leading to lower interest rates and more investment.
D. increase borrowing, leading to higher interest rates and less investment.
Answer: D
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As a result of trade, specialization in the Ricardian model tends to be
A) complete with constant costs and with increasing costs. B) complete with constant costs and incomplete with increasing costs. C) incomplete with constant costs and complete with increasing costs. D) incomplete with constant costs and incomplete with increasing costs. E) dependent on the specific opportunity costs involved in production.
Firms have tried a number of different strategies to reduce the negative effects of competition on their ability to earn economic profits
Which of the following strategies is most desirable from the viewpoint of economic efficiency and consumer well being? A) Collusion. B) Price leadership. C) Formation of cartels. D) Investment in research and development.
For a privately owned business in a competitive market setting,
a. reducing resource use while producing the same output adds to profit and typically reduces waste products and thus cuts pollution as well. b. when property rights are well-defined and strictly enforced, the firm will be able to pollute air and water without having to bear the cost of the damages imposed on others. c. wasteful use of resources results in more pollution but greater profit. d. reducing pollution almost never pays.
When businesses cooperate and agree to hold prices high, it is called ________, and when they reach a noncooperative equilibrium it is called ________.
A. commitment strategy; collusion B. collusion; commitment strategy C. collusion; competition D. competition; collusion