Macroeconomics Questions and
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What economic rule is generally used in the decision of a regulator to impose a binding price
constraint? ✔✔When the benefit to a specific group of people is greater than
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Macroeconomics Questions and
Answers Rated A+
What economic rule is generally used in the decision of a regulator to impose a binding price
constraint? ✔✔When the benefit to a specific group of people is greater than deadweight loss
If the short run aggregate supply curve intersects with the aggregate demand curve at a point that
is greater than the LRAS curve, which statement below is true? ✔✔Producers are using inventory
faster than it can be replaced.
If a company was forced to adhere to minimum wage laws, the wage that would represent a binding
constraint would be represented by which line in the graph shown here? ✔✔A
If the market price of a product happens to be at equilibrium, which of the following will happen
next? ✔✔Nothing will happen since the market is already clearing.
Assuming ceteris paribus, what principle behind the law of demand is this graph is illustrating?
✔✔Barring special circumstances, an increase in price will always lead to a decrease in quantity.
The prevailing market price for smart TVs is $450 and John is willing to pay $600 for a TV. Which
graph accurately represents the amount of consumer surplus?
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The people of a certain Mediterranean village always eat salad with balsamic vinegar and olive oil
as dressing.
If the olive crop fails one year because of a terrible storm, what most likely would happen to the
demand for balsamic vinegar that the people of this village purchase? ✔✔The demand for balsamic
vinegar purchased will decrease because it is a complement to olive oil.
Select the statement below that is true of ONLY price ceilings. ✔✔Can create a shortage of product
A popular smartphone consistently sold out until a study was released. It found that users of that
particular brand were ten times more likely to get brain cancer than users of other smartphone
brands.
Which of the graphs below best represents what happened to demand for the smartphones
associated with a higher risk of brain cancer?
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Select the statement below that is true of long run aggregate supply curves. ✔✔There is no
relationship between price level and RGDP.
Economically speaking, which of the kinds of change below would be caused when an executive
at a petroleum company develops a new way to extract petroleum from the ground? ✔✔Shift in
the supply curve
If the demand curve is more elastic than the supply curve, and a tax is imposed, which of the
following will happen? ✔✔The seller will bear more of the burden of the tax.
Laura is willing to pay as much as $1,000 for a wedding dress but is happy to find one she likes
that costs $300.
Select the term below that corresponds to this situation. ✔✔Consumer surplus
Which statement below regarding aggregate demand is true? ✔✔It expresses an inverse
relationship between price level and RGDP.
Based on the graph above, if market price is $19 per unit, what is happening at that market price?
✔✔Price is at equilibrium.
If demand becomes more elastic, which of the following will happen, as demonstrated by the graph
shown here? ✔✔The incidence of the subsidy on the consumer will decrease.
Which statement below about producer surplus is NOT true? ✔✔Producer surplus is basically the
same as profit.
Roberto suspected that traditional four-year higher education in the U.S. was being influenced by
the recession. Most states cut the amount they contribute to public universities, making it much
more expensive for them to operate in the traditional format. This caused many universities to
invest in nontraditional, technology-based educational models.Which graph below best depicts the
change Roberto is seeing in the traditional four-year higher education market in the U.S.?
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