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If a price floor is imposed on a market above equilibrium, welfare will increase when the price control is lifted.

If a price ceiling is below equilibrium and then is repealed and allowed to rise to equilibrium, welfare in the system will increase.

   

A. The first statement is true and the second is false
   

B. The first statement is false and the second statement is true
   

C. Both statements are false
   

D. Both statements are true

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1.) An excise tax on a good typically reduces the net price received by the seller. (TRUE/FALSE)

2.) The burden of an excise tax on gasoline falls entirely on consumers of gasoline. (TRUE/FALSE)

3.) Rent controls are one of the few examples of a price floor in market economies. (TRUE/FALSE)

4.) Imposing a price ceiling below the equilibrium price of a good often leads to_____.

A) A greater supply of the good

B) A black market for the good

C) A rightward shift of the supply curve for the good.

D) A leftward shift of the demand curve for the good.

E) All of these

5.) Which of the following is true of price floors and ceilings?

A) Lead to the same price and quantity as in competitive market.

B) Lead to technical efficiency

C) Cause the demand curve to shift left

D) Usually result from government intervention

E) Cause the supply curve to shift right.

6.) Price ceilings often lead to black markets. (TRUE/FALSE)

7.) When minimum wage is above the equilibrium wage what occurs?

A) There will be a shortage of labor

B) There will be no effect on the number of people employed

C) There will be an increase in unemployment rate

D) There will be a decrease in unemployment rate

8.) An excise tax on a good typically reduces the price paid by the consumer (TRUE/FALSE)

9.) If a price ceiling is below the equilibrium price is imposed on a market, it will cause the quantity demanded to rise and the quantity supplied to fall. (TRUE/FALSE)

10.) Price floors often lead to black markets. (TRUE/FALSE)

11.) If an excise tax is imposed on restaurant meals what occurs?

A) Fewer meals will be produced and sold

B) More meals will be produced and sold

C) Market price of the meals will fall

D) Government tax revenue will fall.

11. Statement 1: The multiplier for autonomous consumption, I and G are different given a specific value of MPC.

Statement 2: The lumpsum tax multiplier is always the G multiplier times the MPC.

a)Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true.

b)Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false.

c)Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true.

d)Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is false.

12. Pick the correct statement

a)Every point on the IS curve corresponds to an equilibrium value of Y, for a given value of r.

b)Every point on the IS curve corresponds to an equilibrium in the commodity market.

c)Both (a) and (b)

d)None of the above

13. Increase in real money supply

a)Shifts the IS curve to the right

b)Shifts the LM curve to the right

c)Both (a) and (b)

d)None of the above

14. Together the IS-LM model shows an equilibrium. This equilibrium denotes

a)An equilibrium in the commodity market

b)An equilibrium in the money market

c)An equilibrium in the market for loanable funds

d)All of the above

15. Suppose that an expansionary fiscal policy has been enacted. To keep interest rates unchanged, what must the central bank do?

a)Nothing

b)Lower real money supply

c)Raise real money supply

d)None of the above

True/False/Uncertain. Evaluate whether the following statements are true, false or uncertain. Again, make sure to explain your reasoning

a. In the presence of a binding price floor, a good will not be efficiently allocated among consumers.

b. Equilibrium in a monopolized market is efficient because the monopolist always produces where marginal cost equals marginal revenue

c. The opportunity cost of a free H1N1 vaccination is zero.

d. A rise in the price of one good will lead you to consume more of all other goods.

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