A reduction in a country’s saving rate will tend to cause which of the following in the long run? A) an increase in labor productivity B) an increase in the standard of living C) a reduction in economic growth D) an increase in per capita real GDP ANSWER C
Date: September 2nd, 2020
Which of the following statements is true? A) Normative statements depend on personal preferences. B) Normative economic statements can be confirmed or disproven. C) Positive economics recommends what people ought to do. D) Positive economics deals with issues that are subjective. ANSWER A
Date: September 2nd, 2020
If all income is consumed in a year, then A) income next year will increase. B) investment spending will be zero. C) any investment spending will be done by the government. D) investment spending will increase. ANSWER B
Date: September 2nd, 2020
Which of the following statements is NOT true about Say’s law? A) Markets would be regularly hit by severe shortages and surpluses. B) People produce more goods than they want for their own use only if they seek to trade them for other goods. C) Desired expenditures will equal actual expenditures. D) Surpluses will be […]
Date: September 2nd, 2020
The interest rate effect operates through A) labor supply. B) government spending levels. C) the purchasing power of individuals’ checking accounts. D) credit markets by changing borrowing costs. ANSWER D
Date: September 2nd, 2020
Say’s law implies that A) surpluses never occur. B) there will always be unemployment. C) surpluses or shortages are possible, but only for a short time. D) shortages never occur. ANSWER C
Date: September 2nd, 2020
Many countries find it difficult to achieve economic growth. This is because economic growth A) depends on technological change and technological change depends on noneconomic factors such as the growth rate of scientific knowledge. B) is not understood well by economists, so it is difficult to advise policy makers on the best policies to pursue. […]
Date: September 2nd, 2020
When a change in the price level causes a change in the purchasing power of currency, which then changes planned real expenditures at all income levels, it is called A) the real-balance effect. B) the open-economy effect. C) the substitution effect. D) the interest rate effect. ANSWER A
Date: September 2nd, 2020
Economic growth tends to be higher in a country that A) has an open economy that encourages the rapid spread of technology. B) does not grant patents to investors. C) has a low saving rate. D) has an undeveloped system of property rights. ANSWER A
Date: September 2nd, 2020
Savings are an example of A) a depreciation concept. B) a flow concept. C) a stock concept. D) an investment concept. ANSWER C
Date: September 2nd, 2020
