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5. Using the concept of the inter-temporal model, explain what will happen in the following situations (ie. will consumption shift from period 1 to period 2 or from period 2 to period 1).

a. The discount rate in the second period drops (from, example, 10 to 5%)

b. There is a decrease in the population in the second period.

c. The MC will be lower in the 2nd period than it is in the 1st period.

d. More of the limited resource is discovered in period 2.

e. What is inter-temporal fairness?

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2. Suppose a demanding schedule is P = 100 - Q and a supply schedule is P = 20 + 2Q. What is the marginal net benefit curve?

MNB = 80 - Q

MNB = 80 - 3Q

MNB = 80 + Q

MNB = 120 - Q

MNB = 120 - 3Q

3. Suppose a demand curve is Q = 100 - P and a supply curve is Q = 0.5P - 25. What is the marginal net benefit curve?

MNB = 75 - 0.5Q

MNB = 125 - 1.5Q

MNB = 125 + 1.5Q

MNB = 50 + 3Q

MNB = 50 - 3Q

5. In a two time-period example, economic efficiency is maximized when ...

The marginal net benefits are maximized in both time periods

The discount rate is set equal to the marginal benefits

The marginal net benefit in the first time period is set equal to the present value of marginal net benefits in the second time period

The marginal net benefits in the first period are set equal to the discount rate in the second time period

The marginal net benefits in the first period are set equal to the user costs in the second time period

6. Assuming economic efficiency is maximized, when will more of a resource tend to be used in the first time period (as compared to future time periods)?

Whenever the discount rate is positive

Whenever the marginal net benefits in the present are positive

Whenever the discount rate is zero

Whenever the user costs are positive in the present

Whenever the marginal net benefits in the future are negative

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1. Professor Gordon Hanson has a favorable view of illegal immigration because

Select one:

a. illegal immigration responds to the forces of the free market.

b. legal immigration is determined by a bureaucratic process which does not necessarily respond quickly to market forces.

c. spouses and children of skilled legal immigrants (who come with them) may not have marketable skills - so the case for legal immigration is weakened.

d. all of the above.

2. Gordon Hanson calculates gain/loss due to Mexican migration to the United States. He shows that because of Mexican migration to the United States:

Select one:

a. Original American workers lose 65% of US GDP.

b. Original American workers lose 1% of US GDP.

c. World income goes up by about 1.2% of US GDP.

d. Mexican wages fall by 0.03% of US GDP.

3. The Bracero Program refers to a temporary work visa program which is no longer in place. Under the program a large number of mostly Mexican farm workers could come and work in the Unirted States.

Select one:

True

False

4. This question may require some research. The US-Mexico Bracero Program was eventually opposed by:

Select one:

a. President Ronald Reagan.

b. Governor Rick Perry of Texas.

c. Cesar Chavez.

d. US Employers.

5. Which of the following is likely to contradict Samuel Huntington's idea that Mexican migrants to the US may not have an "Americano dream?"

Select one:

a. Mexican-American consumption pattern is not too different from the consumption pattern of rest of America.

b. Mexican immigrants who come from Mexican villages take longer to assimilate, but the educated Mexican immigrants assimilate readily.

c. Latinos are quite adept at climbing out of poverty. Sixty-eight percent of those who have been in this country 30 years, own their own homes.

d. A large number of Mexican-Americans join the US Army.

e. All of the above.

6. Which of the following would be called "Distributive Coalition" that prevents free entry and thereby creates deadweight losses?

Select one:

a. Racism

b. Casteism

c. Religious Fundamentalism

d. All of the above.

7. Which of the following events created a large number of refugees to the United States?

Select one:

a. The North Korean Famine of 1996

b. The Irish Potato Famine 1845-1850

c. The Chinese Famine 1958-1962

d. The Sudan Famine 1998

8. Approximately how many people in the world die every hour from hunger, malnutrition and starvation?

Select one:

a. 36

b. 3600

c. 3.6

d. 1000

9. According to Michael Clemens, World GDP would increase by 50% or more if inter-country immigration restrictions were removed.

Select one:

True

False

10. What is the current status of Senate Bill S. 744 (113th US Congress of 2013 - 2014) also known as Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act?

Select one:

a. It failed in the US Senate

b. It failed in the US House of Representatives.

c. Although the S 744 passed in 2013, it has not yet been introduced in the House of Representatives.

d. The bill was passed by the US Congress, but President Obama vetoed it.

11. In a country called George-David (named after George Borjas and David Card), the labor demand curve is given by: W = K â 4L

where W is the wage rate, K is a variable determined by capital stock in the country, and L is the labor force in the country.

K is created by capitalists and capitalists always convert 10 percent of their income to add to the stock of K (assume there is no depreciation).

Example: In this period if K is 60 and in this period, capitalistsâ income is 100, in the next period, the value of K will be (old K + 10% of capitalistsâ income in this period) = (60 + 0.10*100) = 70.

Suppose in period 1. K = 50 and the labor supply is 10. What is the capitalists' income in period 1?

Select one:

a. 200

b. 100

c. 300

d. None of the above.

12. Refer to the question above, What are capitalists' incomes in the next three periods? (Period 2, Period 3 and Period 4) in this country if labor supply remains the same at 10?

Select one:

a. 200, 210, 220

b. 200, 200, 200

c. 100, 200, 300

d. None of the above.

13. Refer to the question above. Show how the wages change in the next three periods (Period 2, Period 3 and Period 4) in this country if labor supply remains the same at 10.

Select one:

a. 10, 10, 10

b. 10, 20, 30

c. 30, 50, 70

14. Refer to the question above. What are the incomes of the capitalistsâ in the next three periods (Period 2, Period 3 and Period 4) in this country if an immigration takes place and labor supply becomes 11 beginning Period 2?

Select one:

a. 200, 240, 280

b. 242, 242, 242

c. 202, 234, 256

d. None of the above.

15. Refer to the question above. What are the wage rates in Period 2, Period 3 and Period 4 in this country if an immigration takes place and labor supply becomes 11 beginning Period 2?

Select one:

a. 10, 10, 10

b. 10, 15, 20

c. 20, 23, 27

d. 25, 28, 31

e. None of the above.

1.US manufacturers receive news that profits from current-period investments will be taxed at a higher rate. What effect will this have on the present US current account deficit? NOTE: A decrease in the current account deficit means the current account becomes less negative.

A. The current account deficit will likely decrease (become less negative)

B. The current account deficit will likely increase (become more negative)

C. This will have no effect on the US current account deficit

D. It's impossible to tell what effect this will have on the US current account deficit

2.Which of the following would be consistent with the hypothesis that US productivity growth is causing trade deficits:

A. Increases in stock prices over and above current earnings

B. Increased consumption as a ratio of GDP

C. Both

D. Neither

3.Evaluate the following statement using the model of trade deficits we learned in class: "Our country's trade deficit means that future generations will have to pay other countries back and will have less to consume than if we ran a balanced trade account". This statement is

A False: we can renege on our debts if they become too high.

B True: trade deficits means absolutely less consumption in future periods

C False: while in the future we will have to run trade surpluses if we run a trade deficit in the current period, increased investment means our absolute future consumption may be higher.

D True: trade deficits shift the share of consumption towards the current period and therefore the absolute consumption level in the future must be lower.

4.If a basket of goods in Home costs PH and PF in Foreign, and E is the price of the home currency in terms of the Foreign currency, which of the following is the Purchasing Power Parity equation?

A. PH = PF * E

B. PH / E = PF

C. PH * E = PF

D. PH / PF = E