Suppose our firm produces chartered business flights with capital (planes) and labor (pilots) in fixed proportion (i.e., one pilot for each plane)
If the wage rate paid to the pilots increases relative to the rental rate of capital for the airplanes, then: A) the optimal capital-labor ratio should increase.
B) the optimal capital-labor ratio should decrease.
C) the optimal capital-labor ratio remains the same.
D) We do not have enough information to answer this question.
C
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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) differs from a chain-weighted price index in that the CPI
A) compares the prices of all goods in one year to the prices of all goods in other years. B) measures the costs of a typical fixed basket of goods over time, while the chain-weighted index does not. C) requires calculation of GDP, while the chain-weighted index does not. D) allows for the goods consumed in an economy to change over time, while the chain-weighted index does not.
The use of quarterly data to develop the forecasting model Yt = a +bYt?1 is an example of which forecasting technique?
a. Barometric forecasting b. Time-series forecasting c. Survey and opinion d. Econometric methods based on an understanding of the underlying economic variables involved e. Input-output analysis