A. Solow residual
B. productivity paradox
C. technological followership
D. Stieglitz discrepancies
Related Mcqs:
- During the 1980s and 1990s a period of economic conservative governments in much of West and Japan, a leading approach among development economists was ?
A. neoclassicism
B. Marxism
C. Rostow’s model
D. classical appraoch - A combined measure of productivity that takes account of both labor and capital productivity is known as ?
A. total exploitation
B. labour/capital productivity
C. total factor productivity
D. total productivity - A group of economists argue that the real problem with the economy is high rates of taxation and heavy regulation that reduce the incentives to work, save and invest. These economists are?
A. Supply-side economics
B. neo-Keynesian economists
C. rational-expectations economists.
D. new classical economists. - A group of economists argue that the real problem with the economy is high rates of taxation and heavy regulation that reduce the incentives to work save and invest these economists are ?
A. supply side economists
B. neo-Keynesian economists
C. rational -expectations economists
D. New classical economists - Suppose two economists are arguing about policies that deal with unemployment. One economist says. The government could lower unemployment by one percentage point if it would just increase government spending by 50 billion dollars the other economist responds Nonsense and poppycock! If the government spent an additional 50 billion dollars it would reduce unemployment by only one tenth of one percent. and that effect would only be temporary! These economists ?
A. None of these answers
B. Disagree because they have different scientific judgments
C. really don’t disagree at all. It just appears that they disagree
D. disagree because they have different values - Suppose two economists are arguing about policies that deal with unemployment One economist says the government should fight unemployment because it is the greatest social evil The other economist response Nonsense Inflation is the greatest social evil These economists ?
A. really don’t disagree at all It just appears that they disagree.
B. disagree because they have different values.
C. none of these answers.
D. disagree because they have different scientific judgments. - New technology in the form of computer spreadsheets has increased the productivity of accountants. This will cause ?
A. the demand curve for accountants to shift to the right, since the productivity of accountants has increased
B. firms to move up their demand curves for accountants
C. the demand curve for accountants to shift to the left, since it requires fewer accountants than it did before to do the same amount of work.
D. firms to move down their demand curves for accountants - For a given level of technology, we should expect an increase in productivity within a nation when there is an increase in each of the following except ?
A. labor
B. physical capital/worker
C. human capital/worker
D. natural resources/worker - Which of the following expenditures to enhance productivity is most likely to emit a positive externality ?
A. Megabank buys a new computer
B. Naila pays her university tuition fees.
C. OGDC leases a new oil field
D. Indus Motors buys a new drill press - According to the classical economists, the only gainers from growth would be ?
A. landlords
B. peasants
C. The army
D. politicians
