A. Less than one
B. Greater than one
C. Equal to one
D. Zero
Related Mcqs:
- Which approach predicts that is an economy operates a full employment and faces trade deficit currency devaluation will improve the trade balance only if domestic spending is cut thus freeing resources to produce exports ?
A. the absorption approaches
B. the Marshall Lerner approach
C. the monetary approach
D. the elasticities approach - If two countries A and B are member of a currency union and there is a shift in consumer preferences away from the goods of country A and towards those of country B than which one of the following would help to offset the effect of the resulting changes in aggregate demand in A and B on inflation and unemployment in the tow countries ?
A. A high degree of labour mobility between the tow countries
B. An increase in government spending in country (A)
C. A depreciation in the foreign exchange value of the common currency
D. A low degree of capital mobility between the two countries - Suppose that at a price of Rs 30 per month there are 30000 subscribers to cable television in small Town. If small Town Cablevision raises its price Rs40 per month the number of subscribers will fall to 20000 Using the midpoint method for calculating the elasticity what is the price elasticity of demand for cable TV in Small Town ?
A. 1.4
B. 0.66
C. 0.75
D. 2.0 - Devaluation of currency helps to promote ?
A. National income
B. Saving
C. Imports at lower cost
D. Exports - What is called the difference in the value of a nation’s imports over exports or exports over imports ?
A. Trade deficit
B. Trade simples
C. Both a & b
D. Not a nor b - In food demand growth equation D = Φ + a E, a is the income elasticity of demand for food E is the per capita income growth and Φ is ?
A. Poverty rates
B. food security index
C. change in the quantity of food demanded per capita
D. population growth - The kinked demand curve model of oligopoly assumes the elasticity of demand ?
A. in response to a price increase is less elastic than the elasticity of demand in response to a price decrease
B. is perfectly elastic if price increases and perfectly inelastic if price decreases
C. is constant regardless of whether price increase of decrease.
D. in response to a price increases is more elastic than the elasticity of demand in response to a price decrease - If demand is linear (a straight line) then price elasticity of demand is ?
A. elastic in the upper portion and inelastic in the lower portion
B. inelastic in the upper portion and elastic in the lower portion
C. inelastic throughout
D. constant along the demand curve - The Phillips curve is an extension of the model of aggregate supply and aggregate demand because, in the short run, an increase in aggregate demand increase price and ?
A. decreases unemployment
B. decrease growth
C. increases unemployment
D. decreases inflation - Suppose there is an increase in the both the supply and demand for personal computers Further, suppose the supply of personal computer increase more than demand for personal computers In the market for personal computers i the market for personal computers, we would expect ?
A. the change in the equilibrium quantity to be ambiguous and the equilibrium price to fall.
B. the equilibrium quantity to rise and the equilibrium price to rise
C. the equilibrium quantity to rise and the change in the equilibrium price to be ambiguous
D. the equilibrium quantity to rise and the equilibrium price to fall
E. the equilibrium quantity to rise and the equilibrium price to remain constant
