ECN 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ozone Depletion, Workforce Productivity, Total Factor Productivity

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Real gdp growth: example, real gdp in canada was . 6 billion in 2013 and 1747. 2 billion in 2014, percent change in growth = (2014 real gdp - 2013 real gdp/2013 gdp x 100 = 100. Real gdp per capita growth: example, real gdp in canada was 1705. 6 billion in 2013 and population was 35. 3 million, real gdp per capita = 48,315 (1705. 6 billion/35. 3 million) In 2014, real gdp per capita rose to ,941: canada"s rate of growth of real gdp per capita for 2014: Growth as a goal: growth is a widely held economic goal, growth rises standards of living, growth lessens the burden of scarcity. Growth in canada - enables us to consume. Improved products and services: more leisure, other impact. Japan began to industrialize in the 1870s: the rest of asia did not follow until the early mid 1900s, at which time large parts of.

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Which of the following are used by economists to define and measure economic growth?

a) An increase in real GDP occurring over some time period.
b) An increase in real GDP per capita occurring over some time period.

c) All of the above

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Question 1

The law of demand states that there is a direct relationship between supply and demand.

True

False

4 points

Question 2

Equilibrium is a state of balance between supply and demand.

True

False

4 points

Question 3

Goods are scarce for both rich and poor.

True

False

4 points

Question 4

"The big corporations in this country, like ExxonMobil and GM, have deep pockets and need to be hiring more people." This is a positive statement about economic policy.

True

False

4 points

Question 5

The law of supply states that there is a direct relationship between price and quantity demanded.

True

False

4 points

Question 6

In the circular flow model, firms own economic resources, and householdsbuy the manufactured products and services.

True

False

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Question 7

Households play a dual role of providing the factors of production whilepurchasing the goods and services of firms.

True

False

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Question 8

Opportunity cost is the lowest valued benefit that must be sacrificed asthe result of choosing an alternative.

True

False

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Question 9

Scarcity denotes that our desire for a good exceeds the amount that isfreely available from nature.

True

False

4 points

Question 10

Economics is a social science concerned with satisfying man's unlimitedwants with limited resources.

True

False

4 points

Question 11

Joint output of individuals or nations will be maximized when goods areexchanged between parties in accordance with the law of"comparative advantage".

True

False

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Question 12

The production possibilities frontier assumes that the level of technologyvaries when applying the model.

True

False

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Question 13

Excess demand in the market will cause the price of a product to decline.

True

False

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Question 14

Demand is measured on the vertical axis and supply on the horizontalaxis.

True

False

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Question 15

A change in quantity demanded is a movement along the same demandcurve.

True

False

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Question 16

As globalization and world trade proliferates, individual markets withincountries' economies become more competitive.

True

False

4 points

Question 17

Which growth theory compares a subsistence real wage rate to the actual real wage rate?

		Classical growth theory
		Inflation growth theory
		Neoclassical growth theory
		New growth theory

4 points

Question 18

Suppose the working age population in Tiny Town is 100 people. If 25 of these people are NOT in the labor force, the ________ equals ________.

		unemployment rate; 25/100 Ã 100
		employment rate; 25/75 Ã 100
		labor force; 75
		labor force; 25/100 Ã 100

4 points

Question 19

Suppose there is a rise in the real wage rate. As a result, the quantity of labor demanded:

		increases.
		decreases.
		does not change because there is no change in the money wage rate.
		increases only if the price level also decreases.

4 points

Question 20

GDP can be computed as the sum of:

		all sales that have taken place in an economy over a period of time.
		the total expenditures of consumers and business over a period of time.
		the total expenditures of consumption, investment, and government expenditure on goods and services over a period of time.
		the total expenditures of consumption, investment, government expenditure on goods and services, and net exports over a period of time.

4 points

Question 21

The real wage rate equals:

		(100 x (money wage rate/price level)
		(100 x (price level/money wage rate)
		(money wage rate x (price level)
		(money wage + (number of hours worked/(price level)