Macroeconomics
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ISBN: 9781337617390
Author: Roger A. Arnold
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Explain how scarcity is represented in
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To determine
Explain how the choices are represented in PPF.
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To determine
Explain how the
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To determine
Explain how the productive efficiency is represented in PPF.
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To determine
Explain how the
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Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding the PPF model?
a. A decrease in resource availability would cause the PPF to shift in closer to the origin.
b. Points that are currently outside of the PPF could be attainable with increased resource availability and/or improved technology.
c. The points on the PPF where the curve touches the axes are clearly the best ones for the firm to produce.
d. If the goods sector of an economy is being studied, the axes will be labeled consumer (or consumption) goods and capital goods.
e. If an entire economy is being studied, the axes will be labeled goods and services.
Using a production possibilities frontier (PPF) diagram, determine how does the PPF change in response to the events describe below.
a) A relaxation of policies allowing more foreign direct investment into the country. b) Increasing the minimum wage level. c) A decrease in expenditure on research and development. d) An increase in the retirement age. e) Government policies supporting the provision of services, without affecting manufacturing.
a) Why is the PPF curve bowed outward. Is it due to increasing opportunity cost or decreasing opportunity cost or constant opportunity cost
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b) What happens to the PPF curve during a recession? Will it shift inward or outward or remains constant
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c) Suppose a technology is banned due to its adverse environmental impacts. Would the production possibilty curve shift inward or outward or remain
constant due to this
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d) How will a policy encouraging more immigration would shift the production possibility forntier. It will shift inward or outward or remain constant
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- Use the diagram attached to answer the questions that follow. (a) What change could cause the PPF to shift from the original curve (HJ) to the new curve (MN)? (b) Under what conditions might an economy be operating at point Z? (c) Why might a government implement a policy to move the economy from Point V to Point W?arrow_forwardWhy is the Production Possibility Curve (PPC) or Production Possibility Frontier (PPF) concave? What does increasing opportunity costs mean? When we increase production, why does it seem that we have to sacrifice more and more resources?arrow_forwardExplain how each of the following situations would affect a nation’s production possibilities curve (i) A global pandemic results in 6 million confirmed cases and the death of over 400,000 individuals What happens to PPF Explanation (ii) A switch to online delivery, increases access to education in the nation’s colleges and universities but might have a detrimental impact on the quality of education. What happens to PPF Explanationarrow_forward
- Using the graph below, use the production possibilities curve/ frontier PP1 curve to answer the question following the graph. Capital goods PPP Consumer goods Which point(s) on the above graph relative to PP1 curve, represent(s) maximum possible output and therefore productive technical efficiency? A B A, B, C Darrow_forwardanswer quicklyarrow_forwardHelp! The question is to Explain how the following situation would affect a nation's production possibilities curve. A category 5 hurricane destroys over 40% of the nation's productivity. The two questions are What happens to PPF and an explanation. The options for both are in the drop down.arrow_forward
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