Xenonia has a larger supply of labor than does Inventia. If the labor supply in both countries increases by the same amount while their physical capital stocks remain unchanged, ________. the increase in Xenonia's output will be more than the increase in Inventia's output the increase in Inventia's output will be more than the increase in Xenonia's output Xenonia's income per capita will increase, while Inventia's income per capita will decrease Xenonia's income per capita will decrease, while Inventia's income per capita will increase

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Xenonia has a larger supply of labor than does Inventia. If the labor supply in both countries increases by the same amount while their physical capital stocks remain unchanged, ________.

  1. the increase in Xenonia's output will be more than the increase in Inventia's output
  2. the increase in Inventia's output will be more than the increase in Xenonia's output
  3. Xenonia's income per capita will increase, while Inventia's income per capita will decrease
  4. Xenonia's income per capita will decrease, while Inventia's income per capita will increase

 

Exponential growth implies that ________.

  1. growth rates can only be positive
  2. growth rates will alternate between positive and negative values in every consecutive time period
  3. relatively large differences in growth rates will translate into small differences in the level of a quantity after many years of growing
  4. relatively small differences in growth rates will translate into large differences in the level of a quantity after many years of growing

 

Consider a closed economy without a government. If the GDP of the economy is $63,000 and the consumption in the economy is $45,000, the saving rate in the economy is ________.

  1. 86 percent
  2. 24 percent
  3. 57 percent
  4. 75 percent

 

Which of the following is true of the growth in the U.S. economy from 1950 to 2007?

  1. Growth resulting from technology > growth resulting from human capital > growth resulting from physical capital
  2. Growth resulting from technology > growth resulting from physical capital > growth resulting from human capital
  3. Growth resulting from physical capital > growth resulting from technology > growth resulting from human capital
  4. Growth resulting from human capital > growth resulting from technology > growth resulting from physical capital

 

Certain countries remain backward because they nurture superstition and are suspicious of new technology. This argument is based on the ________.

  1. culture hypothesis
  2. geography hypothesis
  3. capital hypothesis
  4. location hypothesis

 

Which of the following statements is true?

  1. All market economies have inclusive institutions.
  2. Inclusive institutions privilege a few at the expense of many.
  3. Countries with extractive institutions encourage entrepreneurship and private ownership of property.
  4. The economic institutions of a country are interlinked with the political institutions in that country.

 

If the opportunity cost of entrepreneurship increases, the ________.

  1. aggregate output of the economy will decrease
  2. price level in the economy will fall
  3. number of entrepreneurs in the economy will increase
  4. aggregate demand in the economy will increase
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