will fall over time pollution will reduce Us growth None of the above (B)The lasypayres price index (base year weights) will Overstate inflation Understate inflation

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(A) The principle of diminshing marginal return says that

  • the return to capital is increasing over time
  • growth is due to technkcal progress
  • the U.S growth rate will fall over time
  • pollution will reduce Us growth
  • None of the above

(B)The lasypayres price index (base year weights) will

  • Overstate inflation
  • Understate inflation
  • cannot be calculated for the us
  • neither understates nor overstates infation
  • None of the above

(C) In practice the us consumer price index (CPI) appears to

  • understate inflation
  • overstates the decline in real wages
  • understates quality change
  • ignores many new goods
  • all of the above
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