Everything else held constant, a decline in interest rates will cause spending on housing to A) fall. B) remain unchanged. C) either rise, fall, or remain the same. D) rise. ANSWER D
Date: September 10th, 2020
Potential GDP measures the capacity of the economy in terms of the actual goods and services to be produced. Indicate whether the statement is true or false ANSWER TRUE
Date: September 10th, 2020
High interest rates might ________ purchasing a house or car but at the same time high interest rates might ________ saving. A) discourage; encourage B) discourage; discourage C) encourage; encourage D) encourage; discourage ANSWER A
Date: September 10th, 2020
Most of the empirical research on long-run costs suggests that the long-run average cost curve for most firms has a very pronounced U-shape. Indicate whether the statement is true or false ANSWER FALSE
Date: September 10th, 2020
Explain the essential difference between games in which moves are simultaneous and those in which moves are sequential. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER In a simultaneous-move game, each player has to decide what the other player’s strategy will be and then act based on that strategy. Thus, one player cannot manipulate the […]
Date: September 10th, 2020
A consumer is in equilibrium, that is, a consumer is maximizing her utility when marginal utility and price are equal for each of the goods the consumer purchases. Indicate whether the statement is true or false ANSWER FALSE
Date: September 10th, 2020
Domestic currency appreciation will: A) help domestic firms that export and hurt domestic firms that import. B) hurt domestic firms that import. C) hurt domestic firms that export and help domestic firms that import. D) help domestic firms that export. ANSWER C
Date: September 10th, 2020
The difference between nominal and real exchange rates is: A) absolute prices. B) foreign prices. C) domestic prices. D) ratio of domestic prices to foreign prices. ANSWER D
Date: September 10th, 2020
An index of the weighted exchange value of the U.S. dollar versus the currencies of a broad group of major U.S. trading partners is called: A) trade-weighted dollar. B) exchange-weighted dollar. C) dollarization. D) bilateral dollar. ANSWER A
Date: September 10th, 2020
Stabilization of business cycle fluctuations focuses on the long run. Indicate whether the statement is true or false ANSWER FALSE
Date: September 10th, 2020
