A. Raise the wage for insiders above the competitive equilibrium
B. Lower the wage of local outsiders
C. Offset the market power of a large firm that is the dominant employer in a region
D. Threaten a strike but don’t actually follow through so there are not lost hours of work
Related Mcqs:
- Trade creation will more likely outweigh trade diversion for Country X that forms a customs union if the level of tariffs in Country X prior to the customs union is ________ and the total number of countries forming the customs union is _________?
A. relatively high; relatively large
B. relatively high; relatively small
C. relatively low ; relatively large
D. relatively low ; relatively small - When imports from a higher-cost supplier within a customs union replace imports from a lower-cost supplier outside the custom union, there exists ?
A. trade creation
B. trade diversion
C. dynamic welfare effects
D. comprehensive welfare effects - In 1980 the U.S imposed export quotas on grain sold to the Soviet Union in response to its armed invasion of Afghanistan if other nations do not increase grain exports to the soviets all the following would likely occur except?
A. Grain prices would rise in the Soviet union
B. Consumer surplus would decrease for the soviets
C. Grains prices would rise in the united States
D. Export revenues would decrease for U.S producers - An increase in consumer income will increase demand for a _________ but decrease demand for a?
A. substitute good, inferior good
B. normal good inferior good
C. inferior good normal good
D. normal good, complementary good - An increase in the budget deficit that causes the government to increase its borrowing ?
A. Shifts the supply of loanable funds to the right
B. Shift the demand for loandbale funds to the left
C. Shift the demand for loanable funds to the right
D. Shift the supply of loanable funds to the left - Engineers for the All-Terrain Bike Company have determined that a 15% increase in all inputs will cause a 15% increase in output Assuming that input prices remain constant, you correctly deduce that such a change will cause ________ as output increases?
A. average costs to remain constant
B. average costs to decrease
C. average costs to increase
D. marginal costs to increase - If an increase in investment leads to a bigger increase in national income this called the ?
A. Accelerator
B. Aggregate demand
C. Monetarism
D. Multiplier - Within the circular flow of income, an increase in domestic income will tend to increase ?
A. exports
B. taxes
C. inventories
D. imports - If an increase in a consumer’s income causes the consumer to increase his quantity demand of a good, then the good is ?
A. a complementary good
B. an inferior good
C. a normal good
D. a substitute good - Which of the following government policies is least likely to increase likely to increase growth in Africa ?
A. increase expenditure on public education
B. eliminate civil war
C. All of these answers would increase growth
D. increase restrictions on the importing of American tractors and electronics
