A. the return to any factor of production that is in fixed supply
B. the profit earned by the owner of any housing unit.
C. the amount paid each year by a tenant for an apartment
D. any profit earned by stockholders when they sell their stock
Related Mcqs:
- Suppose the equilibrium price for apartments is Rs500 per month and the government imposes rent controls of Rs250 Which of the following is unlikely to to occur as a result of the rent controls?
A. There may be long lines of buyers waiting for apartments
B. Landlords may discriminate among apartment renters
C. Landlords may be offered bribes to rent apartments
D. there will be a storage of housing
E. the quality of apartments will improve - 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. - Economists use the term Black Markets for situations where ?
A. goods are sold at prices above legal or official price.
B. buyers and/or sellers are not paying taxes as they should
C. illegal substances are sold
D. transactions are not recorded in the GDP figures. - Economists use the term regulatory capture to mean a situation where the private sector firms being regulated ?
A. Persuade the regulator to operate in the industry’s interests
B. Persuade the regulator to act in the firms interests.
C. Bribe the regulator.
D. Persuade the government to change the regulatory regime. - When economists use the term real business cycle theory they are suggesting that business cycles are caused by ?
A. Shifts in aggregate supply
B. changes in export demand due to the state of the world economy
C. business confidence
D. business expectations - The term liquidate refers to pay off a debt, a claim or an obligation or to settle the affairs by determining liabilities and applying assets to their discharge. What is also converted by the term?
A. To convert assets into cash
B. Abolish
C. Both of them
D. All of them - Economic rent ?
A. is productive activity to obtain private benefit from public action and resources
B. are the payments above the minimum essential to attract the resources to the market?
C. is the wage used to pay unskilled workers?
D. does not include monopoly profits
