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Chapter 25, Problem 4QCMC
To determine
Diminishing returns of capital and growth.
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In the long run, capital deepening,
a. doesn't change the level of productivity or income.
b. raises the levels of both productivity and income.
c. Raises the level of productivity but not the level of income.
d. raises the level of Income but not the level of productivity
If a country's saving rate increases, what happens in the long run?
a.
Productivity increases.
b.
Real GDP per person decreases.
c.
Productivity does not change.
d.
Real GDP per person does not change.
When production in an economy grows more quickly than the population in that economy, which of the following must be occurring?
A.
Incomes are growing at a slower rate than the population.
B.
Real GDP is falling.
C.
Real GDP per capita is constant.
D.
Real GDP per capita is rising.
E.
Living standards are falling.
QUESTION 18
If immigration laws become more strict and many foreign citizens are not allowed to work and are forced to leave the United States,
A.
there is a movement down along the aggregate supply curve.
B.
the potential GDP curve will shift to the right.
C.
the aggregate demand curve will shift to the left.
D.
there is a movement up along the aggregate supply curve.
E.
the potential GDP curve will shift to the lef
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