If a person supplies more hours of labor in response to a wage increase, then A) the substitution effect is greater than the income effect. B) the income effect is greater than the substitution effect. C) the income effect equals the substitution effect. D) the person is not maximizing utility. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
A backward-bending labor supply curve implies that A) the substitution effect dominates the income effect at higher wage rates but not at lower wage rates. B) the substitution effect dominates the income effect at lower wage rates but not at higher wage rates. C) leisure is an inferior good. D) workers are irrational. ANSWER […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
If Bobby thinks that leisure is an inferior good, then his labor supply curve A) is backward bending. B) is always negatively sloped. C) is always positively sloped. D) does not exist. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The amount of money one would have to give to a consumer to offset the harm from a price increase is called A) compensating variation. B) structured settlement. C) equivalent variation. D) consumer surplus. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The amount of money one would have to take from a consumer to harm her by as much as the price increase is called A) compensating variation. B) structured settlement. C) equivalent variation. D) consumer surplus. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Employing a fixed-weight index like the Consumer Price Index to adjust a person’s salary in response to inflation will overcompensate this person because doing so will allow this person to A) buy the same bundle of goods as he did before the inflation. B) achieve a higher level of utility than he did before the […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Using a Laspeyres index to calculate the Consumer Price Index (CPI) A) weights quantities with current prices. B) weights prices with base-year quantities. C) weights quantities with base-year prices. D) weights prices with current year quantities. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
What is one way to adjust the CPI for substitution bias? A) Use the Paasche index. B) Use the Laspeyres index. C) Multiply the Paasche Index and the Laspeyres index. D) Take the geometric mean of the Paasche index and the Laspeyres index. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
A good may be inferior at some income levels and normal at others. Indicate whether the statement is true or false ANSWER True . A consumer may demand more of the good at low income levels and less of the good at higher income levels. Hamburger or macaroni and cheese dinners may be examples […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
A Consumer Price Index (CPI) adjustment overcompensates for inflation because it ignores A) the income effect when relative prices change. B) the substitution effect when relative prices change. C) that some goods are inferior. D) that the substitution effect may offset the income effect. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
