ECON 322: Final Exam
148 Cards in this Set
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interdependance
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individuals and nations rely on specialized production and exchange as a way to address problems caused by scarcity
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Specialization and trade _____ total production and total consumption
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increase
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specialization
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the division of labor into specific tasks and roles intended to increase the productivity of workers
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absolute advantage
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exists when a person/country can produce more of a certain good as someone else with the same amount of resources
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output problem
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tells you how much of each good an individual can produce using a given set of resources
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input problem
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tells you how much resources is put in producing one unit of each product
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output problem example
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I can make 3 cakes in one hour
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input problem example
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I need 2 hours to make 1 cake
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Tom produces 5 T-shirts and 3 birdhouses. Jerry produces 3 t-shirts and 2 birdhouses. Who has the absolute advantage?
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Tom has absolute advantage in both t-shirts and birdhouses
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comparative advantage
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a person/nation can produce the product at a lower domestic opportunity cost
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to calculate opportunity cost for one coconut, put
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coconuts on top
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A professor spends 10 hours a day giving lectures. For the professor, a graph shows his various possible mixes of output is called his: a)production possibilities fronteir b)consumption possibilities frontier c) line of tastes d) trade off curve
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a
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if a firm is a price taker they operate in a: a) oligopoly market b) monopoly market c)monopolistic competitive market d)competitive market
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d
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When society gets the most it can from its scarce resources then the outcome is: a)equitable b)normal c)efficacious d)efficient
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d
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Assume that Andrea and Paul each has 480 minutes available. If each person divides his time equally between the production of wheat and beef, then the total production is: a) 21 bushels of wheat and 33 pounds of beef b) 24 bushels of wheat and 64 pounds of beef c) 5 bushels of wheat and 2…
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b
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A society allocates its scare resources to various jobs. These scare resources includ: a) machine b) people c) land d) all of the above are correct
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d
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of a perfectly competitive market? a) DIfferent sellers sell identical products. b) there are many sellers. c) sellers must accept the price the market determines. d) all of the above.
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d
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Look at figure 3-15. Perry should specialize in the production of: a)poems b) neither goods c) novels d) both goods
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a
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Which of the following is an example of a positive, as opposed to normative statement? a) When public policies are evaluated the benefits to the economy of innovated equality should be considered more important than the costs of reduced efficiency. b) inflation is more harmful to the econ…
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c
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In a market economy, supply and demand are important because they: a) illustrate when a market is in equillibrium, but they are not helpful when a market is out of equilibrium, b) are direct policy tools used by government agencies to regulate the economy c) can be used to predict the imp…
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c
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Which of the following is a correct statement about production possibilities fronteirs? a) an economy can produce at any point inside or outside a production possibilities frontier b) an economy can produce only on the production possibilities fronteir. c) an economy can produce at any po…
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d
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Refer to table 4-4. Suppose the market consists of Adam, Barb, and Carl. If the price falls by $5, the quantity demanded in the market increases by: a) 10. b) 20. c) 14. d) 6.
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b
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The invisible hand refers to: a) the free market. b) the government. c) the social planner. d) large businesses
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a
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Refer to figure 4-8. Suppose the figure shows the market demand for laptops. Suppose the price of wireless gadgets, a complementary good, decreases. Which of the following changes would occur? a) a shift from D1 to D2. b)a movement along D2 from point A to point B. c) a movement along D2 …
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d
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Slow growth in US incomes during the 1970s and 1980s were primarily due to: a) slow productivity growth in the US. b) increased competition from European countries. c) increased competition from Japan. d) a rapid decrease in the quantity of money in the economy.
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a
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The phrase no such thing as free lunch means: a) people respond to incentives. b) people must face tradeoffs. c) trade can make everyone better off. d) rational people think at the margin.
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b
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Which of the following is not an example of the principle that trade can make everyone better off? a)All of the following statements are correct. b) A homeowner hires the kid next door to mow the lawn. c) Americans buy tube socks from China. d) Residents of Maine drink orange juice from F…
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a
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What would happen to the equilibrium price and quantity of lattes if coffee shops began using a machine that reduced the amount of labor necessary to produce them? a) both the equilibrium price and quantity would decrease. b) Both the equilibrium price and quantity would increase. c) the …
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c
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One thing economist do to help them understand how the real world works is: a) try to capture every aspect of the real world in the models they construct. b) ignore the past. c) make assumptions. d) all of the above are correct.
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c
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In markets, prices move toward equilibrium because of: a) increased competition among sellers. b) buyers' ability to affect market outcomes. c) the actions of buyers and sellers. d) government regulations placed on market participants.
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c
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When an economy is operating at a point on its production possibilities frontier, then: a. consumers are content with the mix of goods and services that is being produced.
b. equal amounts of the two goods are being produced.
c. there is no way to produce more of one good without produc…
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c
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Which of the following is a decision that economists study? a. how much people work
b. what people buy
c. how much money people save
d. All of the above are correct.
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d
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Refer to figure 2-8. For this economy, as more and more hammmers are produced, the opportunity cost of an addition hammock produced, in terms of nails:a. remains constant.
b. increases.
c. decreases.
d. This answer cannot be determined from the graph.
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b
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Refer to figure 3-8. If Chile and Colombia each divides its time equally between making coffee and making soybeans, then total production is:total production is
a. 12 pounds of coffee and 12 pounds of soybeans.
b. 14 pounds of coffee and 9 pounds of soybeans.
c. 16 pounds of coffee and…
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b
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refer to table 4-6. If these are the only four sellers in the market, then when the price decreases from 4 to 2, the market quantity supplied:a. increases by 10 units.
b. decreases by 10 units.
c. decreases by 20 units.
d. decreases by 30 units.
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b
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A statement describing how the world is: a. is a positive statement.
b. would only be made by an economist speaking as a policy adviser.
c. is a normative statement.
d. would only be made by an economist employed by the government.
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a
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Which of the following is not a reason people choose to depend on others for goods and service? 26. Which of the following is not a reason people choose to depend on others for goods and services?
a. to allow people to produce outside their production possibilities frontiers
b. to consu…
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a
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Guns and butter are used to represent the classic societal tradeoff between spending on: a. national defense and consumer goods.
b. durable and non-durable goods.
c. imports and exports.
d. law enforcement and agriculture.
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a
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Suppose that a country that has a high average wage level agrees to trade with a country that has a low average wage level. Which country can benefit? 28. Suppose that a country that has a high average wage level agrees to trade with a country that has a low average wage level. Which coun…
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d
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The principle that people face tradeoffs applies to: a. societies.
b. families.
c. individuals.
d. All of the above are correct.
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d
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The overriding reason why households and societies face many decisions is that: a. goods and services are not scarce.
b. incomes fluctuate with business cycles.
c. resources are scarce.
d. people, by nature, tend to disagree.
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c
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Refer to figure 4-3. If these are the only two consumers in the market, then the market quantity demanded at a price of 10 is: a) 0. b)5 units c) 8.33 units d) 25 units
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c
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An increase in quantity demanded: a) results in a movement downward and to the right along a demand curve. b) shifts the demand curve to the right. c) shifts the demand curve to the left. d) results in a movement upward and to the left along a demand curve.
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a
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economics is the study of: a. the interaction of business and government.
b. production methods.
c. how households decide who performs which tasks.
d. how society manages its scarce resources.
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d
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Refer to table 3-24. England has the absolute advantage in the production of: a. neither good and Spain has an absolute advantage in the production of both goods.
b. bread and Spain has an absolute advantage in the production of cheese.
c. both goods and Spain has an absolute advantage …
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c
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What must be given up to obtain an item is called? 35. What must be given up to obtain an item is called
a. Out of pocket cost.
b. Comparative worth.
c. Opportunity cost.
d. Absolute value.
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c
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The field of economics is traditionally divided into two broad sub-fields: a. Microeconomics and macroeconomics
b. National economics and international economics.
c. Private sector economics and public sector economics.
d. Consumer economics and producer economics.
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a
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Barb's aunt gave her 150 for her birhtday with the condition that Barb buy herself something. In deciding how to spend the money, Barb narrows her options down to four choices. Option A, Option B, Option C and Option D. Each option costs 150. Finally she decides on Option A. The opportuni…
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c
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For which of the following individuals would the opportunity cost of going to college be highest? a. a promising young mathematician who will command a high salary once she earns her college degree
b. a student with average grades who has never held a job
c. a famous, highly-paid actor …
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c
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Other things equal, when the price of a good rises, the quantity supplied of the good also rises, and when the price falls, the quantity supplied falls as well. This relationship between price and quantity supplied: a. applies only to a few goods in the economy.
b. All of the above are c…
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d
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Senator Jackson argues that replacing the federal income tax with a national sales tax would increase the level of output. Senator Feldman objects that this policy would benefit the rich at the expense of the poor. a. Senator Jackson's argument is primarily about equality, while Senator F…
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b
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Which of the following is not correct?a. Economic policies rarely have effects that their architects did not intend or anticipate.
b. As policy advisers, economists use their theories to help change the world for the better.
c. As scientists, economists develop and test theories to expl…
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a
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Donald produces nails at a cost of $200 per ton. If he sells the nails for $350 per ton, his producer surplus per
ton is
a. $350.
b. $200.
c. $550.
d. $150.
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d
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The efficient scale of the firm is the quantity of output that
a. maximizes profit.
b. minimizes average variable cost.
c. minimizes average total cost.
d. maximizes marginal product.
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c
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The goal of rent control is to
a. help the poor by assuring them an adequate supply of apartments.
b. facilitate controlled economic experiments in urban areas.
c. help the poor by making housing more affordable.
d. help landlords by assuring them a low vacancy rate for their apartmen…
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c
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Shelley's Salsa produces and sells organic salsa. Last year it sold 3 million tubs of salsa at a price of $3 per tub.
For last year, the firm's
a. total revenue was $9 million.
b. explicit costs were $9 million.
c. economic profit was $9 million.
d. accounting profit was $9 million.
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a
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Donald produces nails at a cost of $350 per ton. If he sells the nails for $500 per ton, his producer surplus is
a. $500.
b. $150.
c. $350.
d. $850.
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b
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Minimum-wage laws dictate
a. both a minimum wage and a maximum wage that firms may pay workers.
b. a maximum wage that firms may pay workers.
c. the exact wage that firms must pay workers.
d. a minimum wage that firms may pay workers
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d
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Kate is a florist. Kate can arrange 20 bouquets per day. She is considering hiring her husband William to work
for her. William can arrange 18 bouquets per day. What would be the total daily output of Kate's firm if she
hired her husband?
a. 19 bouquets
b. 38 bouquets
c. 20 bouquets
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b
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Economies of scale occur when a firm's
a. marginal costs are constant as output increases.
b. marginal costs are equal to average total costs for all levels of output.
c. long-run average total costs are decreasing as output increases.
d. long-run average total costs are increasing as…
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c
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Scenario 13-19
Doreen's Dairy produces and sells Swiss cheese. Last year, it produced 7,000 pounds and sold each pound for
$6. In producing the 7,000 pounds, the dairy incurred variable costs of $28,000 and a total cost of $40,000.
10. Refer to Scenario 13-19. In producing the 7,000 po…
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c
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Refer to figure 7-24. At equilibrium, total surplus is
a. $108.
b. $54.
c. $18.
d. $36
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b
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Refer to figure 7-24. At equilibrium, consumer surplus is measured by the area
a. ABD.
b. BDF.
c. AHG.
d. AFB.
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d
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Refer to figure 7-24. At equilibrium, consumer surplus is
a. $18.
b. $54.
c. $72.
d. $36.
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a
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Total surplus is
a. equal to consumer surplus minus producer surplus.
b. equal to consumers' willingness to pay plus producers' cost.
c. equal to the total value to buyers minus the total cost to sellers.
d. greater than the sum of consumer surplus plus producer surplus.
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c
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The minimum wage has its greatest impact on the market for
a. black labor.
b. female labor.
c. older labor.
d. teenage labor
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d
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Which of the following is correct? Price controls
a. never help those they are designed to help.
b. often hurt those they are designed to help.
c. always help those they are designed to help.
d. always hurt those they are designed to help.
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b
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Jamar used to work as an office manager, earning $40,000 per year. He gave up that job to start a life-coaching
business. In calculating the economic profit of his life-coaching business, the $40,000 income that he gave up is
counted as part of the life-coaching business's
a. marginal …
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d
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Welfare economics is the study of
a. how technology is best put to use in the production of goods and services.
b. how the allocation of resources affects economic well-being.
c. taxes and subsidies.
d. government welfare programs for needy people.
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b
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Economists normally assume that the goal of a firm is to
a. minimize its total cost.
b. maximize its total revenue.
c. minimize its explicit costs.
d. maximize its profit.
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d
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Consumer surplus equals the
a. value to buyers minus the amount paid by buyers.
b. amount received by sellers minus the cost to sellers.
c. amount received by sellers minus the amount paid by buyers.
d. value to buyers minus the cost to sellers.
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a
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Total revenue minus only explicit costs is called
a. implicit profit.
b. economic profit.
c. average total cost.
d. accounting profit.
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d
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The minimum wage is an example of a
a. tax.
b. price floor.
c. price ceiling.
d. wage subsidy
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b
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The amount by which total cost rises when the firm produces one additional unit of output is called
a. fixed cost.
b. average cost.
c. variable cost.
d. marginal cost.
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d
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If Danielle sells 300 wrist bands for $0.50 each, her total revenues are
a. $600.
b. $299.50.
c. $150.
d. $300.
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c
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Which of the following measures of cost is best described as "the cost of a typical unit of output if total cost is
divided evenly over all the units produced?"
a. marginal cost
b. average variable cost
c. average fixed cost
d. average total cost
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d
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For a particular good, an 8 percent increase in price causes a 4 percent decrease in quantity demanded. Which
of the following statements is most likely applicable to this good? (Hint: think about factors that influence the
elasticity of demand.)
a. The relevant time horizon is long.
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c
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Bubba is a shrimp fisherman who catches 4,000 pounds of shrimp per year. He can sell the shrimp for $5 per
pound. His average total cost of catching shrimp is $3 per pound. Bubba's annual total revenue is
a. $12,000.
b. $32,000.
c. $8,000.
d. $20,000.
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d
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When a firm experiences diseconomies of scale,
a. long-run average total cost increases as output increases.
b. long-run average total cost decreases as output increases.
c. short-run average total cost is minimized.
d. long-run average total cost is minimized.
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a
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Assume a certain firm regards the number of workers it employs as variable but regards the size of its factory
as fixed. This assumption is often realistic
a. both in the short run and in the long run.
b. neither in the short run nor in the long run.
c. in the long run but not in the …
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d
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Refer to Figure 6-20. Suppose a tax of $5 per unit is imposed on this market. Which of the following is
correct?
a. Sellers will bear more of the burden of the tax than buyers will.
b. Buyers will bear more of the burden of the tax than sellers will.
c. Buyers and sellers will share t…
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a
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Refer to Figure 7-23. The equilibrium price is
a. P4.
b. P3.
c. P2.
d. P1.
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c
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Suppose a certain firm is able to produce 165 units of output per day when 15 workers are hired. The firm is
able to produce 181 units of output per day when 16 workers are hired, holding other inputs fixed. The marginal
product of the 16th worker is
a. 181 units of output.
b. 10 unit…
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c
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Refer to figure 6-5. If the horizontal line on the graph represents a price floor, then the price floor is
a. binding and creates a surplus of 20 units of the good.
b. not binding, and there will be no surplus or shortage of the good.
c. binding and creates a surplus of 60 units of the…
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c
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An example of an opportunity cost that is also an implicit cost is
a. a lease payment.
b. the value of the business owner's time.
c. the cost of raw materials.
d. All of the above are correct.
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b
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A production function describes
a. the relationship between cost and output.
b. how a firm maximizes profits.
c. how a firm turns inputs into output.
d. the minimal cost of producing a given level of output.
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c
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Profit is defined as
a. net revenue minus depreciation.
b. average revenue minus average total cost.
c. total revenue minus total cost.
d. marginal revenue minus marginal cost.
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c
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Some costs do not vary with the quantity of output produced. Those costs are called
a. marginal costs.
b. average costs.
c. explicit costs.
d. fixed costs.
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d
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. The marginal product of any input is the
a. increase in total cost associated with a one-unit increase in production.
b. change in total output associated with a $1.00 increase in total cost.
c. increase in total output obtained from one additional unit of that input.
d. increase in…
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c
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George produces cupcakes. His production cost is $10 per dozen. He sells the cupcakes for $16 per dozen. His
producer surplus per dozen cupcakes is
a. $16.
b. $6.
c. $10.
d. $26
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b
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. Refer to Figure 14-7. Let Q represent the quantity of output and suppose the price of the good is $125. Then
marginal revenue is $125 at
a. Q = 515.
b. Q = 322.
c. Q = 270.
d. All of the above are correct.
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d
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Which of the following is not a question addressed by macroeconomists?
a. What, if anything, can the government do to promote growth in incomes, low inflation, and stable
employment?
b. Why do production and employment expand in some years and contract in others?
c. What is the impact…
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c
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Real GDP will increase
a. only when output increases.
b. All of the above are correct.
c. when prices increase or output increases.
d. only when prices increase.
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a
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When economists talk about growth in the economy, they measure that growth as the
a. percentage change in nominal GDP from one period to another.
b. absolute change in nominal GDP from one period to another.
c. absolute change in real GDP from one period to another.
d. percentage chan…
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d
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Refer to Table 14-12. What is the marginal cost of the 5th unit?
a. $60
b. $55
c. $80
d. $68
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d
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When studying changes in the economy over time, economists want a measure of the total quantity of goods
and services the economy is producing that is not affected by changes in the prices of those goods and services.
In other words, economists want to study
a. the GDP deflator.
b. GN…
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d
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Refer to Figure 14-6. Firms will shut down in the short run if the market price
a. is less than P1.
b. exceeds P3.
c. is greater than P1 but less than P3.
d. exceeds P2.
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a
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Net exports equal
a. exports plus imports.
b. imports minus exports.
c. GDP minus imports.
d. exports minus imports.
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d
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Who is a price taker in a competitive market?
a. both buyers and sellers
b. sellers only
c. buyers only
d. neither buyers nor sellers
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a
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Competitive markets are characterized by
a. free entry and exit by firms.
b. a small number of buyers and sellers.
c. unique products.
d. the interdependence of firms.
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a
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Suppose an economy produces only cheese and fish. In 2010, 20 units of cheese are sold at $5 each and 8 units
of fish are sold at $50 each. In 2009, the base year, the price of cheese was $10 per unit and the price of fish
was $75 per unit. For 2010,
a. nominal GDP is $800, real GDP is…
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b
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Consumer goods that are produced, go into inventory, and are not sold during the current period are
a. counted as intermediate goods and so are not included in current period GDP.
b. included in current period GDP as consumption.
c. included in current period GDP as inventory investmen…
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c
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The percentage change in the price level from one period to another is called
a. the inflation rate.
b. the growth rate.
c. the GDP deflator.
d. the unemployment rate.
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a
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Nominal GDP will definitely increase when
a. prices decrease and output increases.
b. All of the above are correct.
c. prices increase and output decreases.
d. prices increase and output increases.
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d
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When a U.S. citizen buys $500 of Chinese-made parts for a motorcycle,
a. U.S. consumption increases by $500, U.S. net exports decline by $500, and U.S. GDP remains the same.
b. U.S. consumption does not change, U.S. net exports decline by $500, and U.S. GDP declines by $500.
c. U.S. co…
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a
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Competitive firms that earn a loss in the short run should
a. lower their output.
b. raise their price.
c. shut down if P < AVC.
d. All of the above are correct.
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c
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Which of the following is included in the consumption component of GDP?
a. household purchases of medical care.
b. household purchases of appliances.
c. household purchases of food.
d. All of the above are included in the consumption component of GDP.
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d
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The GDP deflator for years subsequent to the base year measures the change in
a. nominal GDP from the base year that cannot be attributable to a change in real GDP.
b. real GDP from the base year that cannot be attributable to a change in nominal GDP.
c. real GDP from the base year tha…
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a
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For a competitive firm,
a. total cost equals marginal revenue.
b. average revenue equals marginal revenue.
c. total revenue equals marginal revenue.
d. total revenue equals average revenue.
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b
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Which of the following is included in the investment component of GDP?
a. Elaine pays her college tuition bill.
b. John's law firm buys him a new computer.
c. Laura buys a bond that McDonald's sells to raise funds.
d. All of the above are correct.
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b
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Refer to Table 23-10. In which year was this country's nominal GDP highest?
a. 2015
b. 2016
c. 2014
d. 2017
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d
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Which government entity computes U.S. GDP every three months?
a. the Department of Treasury
b. the Council of Economic Advisers
c. the Federal Reserve
d. the Department of Commerce
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d
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In a simple circular-flow diagram, firms use the money they get from a sale to
a. pay profit to the firms' owners.
b. pay wages to workers.
c. pay rent to landlords.
d. All of the above are correct.
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d
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When a certain competitive firm produces and sells 100 units of output, marginal revenue is $80. When the
same firm produces and sells 200 units of output, what is average revenue?
a. $80
b. $160
c. $40
d. This cannot be determined from the given information
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a
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GDP per person tells us the income and expenditure of the
a. richest person in the economy.
b. average person in the economy.
c. poorest person in the economy.
d. entire economy.
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b
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When a restaurant stays open for lunch service even though few customers patronize the restaurant for lunch,
which of the following principles is (are) best demonstrated?
(i) Fixed costs are sunk in the short run.
(ii) In the short run, only fixed costs are important to the decision to…
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b
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A seller in a competitive market
a. can sell all he wants at the going price, so he has little reason to charge less.
b. considers the market price to be a "take it or leave it" price.
c. will lose all his customers to other sellers if he raises his price.
d. All of the above are corr…
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d
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Refer to Table 23-3. What was Crete's GDP in 2010?
a. $6037
b. $4623
c. $5731
d. $6839
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c
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A restaurant that has market power can
a. ignore profit-maximizing strategies when setting the price for its meals.
b. reduce its marketing budget more than its competitors.
c. minimize costs more efficiently than its competitors.
d. influence the market price for the meals it sells.
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d
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Real GDP is the yearly production of final goods and services valued at
a. expected future prices.
b. constant prices.
c. current prices.
d. the ratio of current prices to constant prices
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b
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Robin owns a horse stables and riding academy and gives riding lessons for children at "pony camp." Her
business operates in a competitive industry. Robin gives riding lessons to 20 children per month. Her monthly
total revenue is $4,000. The marginal cost of pony camp is $100 per child…
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b
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Which of these types of costs can be ignored when an individual or a firm is making decisions?
a. marginal costs
b. opportunity costs
c. variable costs
d. sunk costs
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d
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Refer to Figure 14-9. If there are 300 identical firms in this market, what level of output will be supplied to the
market when price is $1.00?
a. 6,000
b. 300
c. 60,000
d. 30,000
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d
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In the economy of Talikastan in 2015, consumption was $3000, exports were $400, GDP was $5000, imports
were $500, and investment was $1400. What were Talikastan's government purchases in 2015?
a. $1500
b. $60
c. $500
d. $700
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d
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Suppose a firm in a competitive market produces and sells 150 units of output and earns $1,800 in total revenue
from the sales. If the firm increases its output to 200 units, the average revenue of the 200th unit will be
a. $12.
b. more than $12.
c. less than $12.
d. Any of the above…
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a
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Refer to Figure 23-1. Which of the following pairs correctly identify W and Y?
a. markets for factors of production and markets for goods and services
b. firms and households
c. expenditures and income
d. consumption and investment
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b
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GDP includes the value of all
a. final goods and services produced within a country using primarily market prices to measure the value of
goods and services.
b. final goods and services produced within a country using primarily a survey of consumers to measure the
value of goods and s…
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a
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A firm's marginal cost has a minimum value of $80, its average variable cost has a minimum value of $90, and
its average total cost has a minimum value of $100. Then the firm will shut down in the short run once the price
of its product falls below
a. $90.
b. $80.
c. $100.
d. $40
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a
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For a certain firm, the 100th unit of output that the firm produces has a marginal revenue of $7 and a marginal
cost of $10. It follows that the
a. production of the 100th unit of output increases the firm's profit by $3.
b. production of the 100th unit of output increases the firm's a…
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d
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Refer to Figure 14-4. When price rises from P3 to P4, the firm finds that
a. average revenue exceeds marginal revenue at a production level of Q4.
b. fixed costs decrease as output increases from Q3 to Q4.
c. profit is still maximized at a production level of Q3.
d. it can earn a posi…
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d
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consumer price index
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measures the typical consumers cost of living
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Who announces CPI?
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Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly
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What survey is used to determine whats in a consumers basket?
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Consumer Expediture Survey
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How is CPI calculated?
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Find the prices of the goods in the basket, and use the prices to compute total cost of the basket, then divide cost of basket in current year over cost of basket in base year
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How to compute inflation rate?
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cpi this year-cpi last year/cpi last year X 100
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substitution bias
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over time, some prices rise faster than others so consumers substitute toward cheaper goods which the CPI overstates which increases cost of living
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Problems with CPI
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intro of new goods, substitution bias, unmeasured quality change
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GDP deflator
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nominal gdp/real gdp X 100
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Okuns law
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states that for each additional 1 percent increase in unemployment there is a corresponding 2 percent decline in output
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discouraged workers
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considered people who are not actively seeking employment
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employed
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paid employees
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unemployed
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people not working who have looked for work during previous 4 weeks
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not in the labor force
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everyone else
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labor force
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total number of workers including the employed and unemployed
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unemployment rate
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percent of the labor force that is unemployed
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labor force participation equation
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labor force/ adult population X 100
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Are underemployed people counted in the unemployement rate?
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no
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phantom employed
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actively seeking employment but are not really interested in finding a job
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ECON 322: Final Exam