The break-even point on the consumption function represents the point where A) consumption is zero. B) income equals consumption plus spending. C) consumption equals spending. D) consumption equals income. ANSWER D
The market demand is the ________ of the individual demand of all the potential buyers. A) square of the sum B) sum C) product D) square root of the sum ANSWER B
An example of fiscal policy is A) a reduction in government spending. B) an increase in autonomous spending by consumers. C) a reduction in investment spending by the private sector. D) an increase in Social Security spending by the elderly. ANSWER A
Refer to the table above. If the market price of wine is $8/bottle, and the market demand for wine is 19 bottles, David’s consumption of wine is: A) 4 bottles. B) 9 bottles. C) 7 bottles. D) 12 bottles. ANSWER C
A budget constraint represents the: A) inequality in the incomes earned by various economic agents. B) aggregate income earned by all the firms in an economy. C) total money income that an agent earns in different time periods. D) goods and services an economic agent can choose given her limited income. ANSWER D
Other things being equal, the lower planned real expenditures along an aggregate demand curve are, the A) lower the level of endowments. B) higher the price level. C) lower the price level. D) more the production possibilities cure shifts to the left. ANSWER B
Which of the following examples best describes the Law of Diminishing Marginal Benefit? A) If a seller of notebooks in a perfectly competitive market charges above the market price, his profit decreases. B) With each additional pen Jill buys, her willingness to pay for another pen decreases. C) Each additional unit of ice cream that […]
Suppose the government increases lump-sum taxes. This causes A) consumption spending to decrease and spending on imports to increase. The effect on aggregate demand depends on whether domestic spending or spending on imports decreased the most. B) disposable income to decrease, which causes consumption spending to decrease and aggregate demand to decrease. C) government spending […]
Paul Romer’s theory on the importance of knowledge differs from traditional theory in that Romer A) argues, that investment is not important in promoting growth, but that the acquisition of knowledge is the sole determinant of economic growth. B) argues that an investment-knowledge cycle allows a once-and-for-all increase in investment to permanently raise a country’s […]
When the price level increases, total planned real expenditures on goods and services falls. All of the following are responsible EXCEPT A) the interest rate effect. B) the real-balance effect. C) the substitution effect. D) the open economy effect. ANSWER C