Chapter 4: Q 17 (page 104)
How do economists define equilibrium in financial markets?
Short Answer
situation where different variables like supply and demand are balanced and the value of variable does not change is called equilibrium.
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Chapter 4: Q 17 (page 104)
How do economists define equilibrium in financial markets?
situation where different variables like supply and demand are balanced and the value of variable does not change is called equilibrium.
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Which of the following changes in the financial market will lead to a decline in interest rates:
a. a rise in demand
b. a fall in demand
c. a rise in supply
d. a fall in supply
Select the correct answer. A price ceiling will usually shift:
a. demand
b. supply
c. both
d. neither
Predict how each of the following events will raise or lower the equilibrium wage and quantity of oil workers in Texas. In each case, sketch a demand and supply diagram to illustrate your answer.
a. The price of oil rises.
b. New oil-drilling equipment is invented that is cheap and requires few workers to run.
c. Several major companies that do not drill oil open factories in Texas, offering many well-paid jobs outside the oil industry.
d. Government imposes costly new regulations to make oil-drilling a safer job.
Suppose that a 5% increase in the minimum wage causes a 5% reduction in employment. How would this affect employers and how would it affect workers? In your opinion, would this be a good policy?
Select the correct answer. A price floor will usually shift: a. demand b. supply c. both d. neither Illustrate your answer with a diagram
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