Which of the following indicates when Stage I ends and Stage II begins in the short-run production?

Given a series of contracts offered to an executive having the same slope (where slope refers to how the contract varies with changes in the firm's gross profits) but different intercepts (referring to the overall generosity of the contract). Which of these is not a consideration in figuring out which of these intercepts the shareholders would decide to build into the contract offered to the

executive? a. if too generous a contract is offered, this comes out of the firm's bottom-line profit. b. if too generous a contract is offered, the executive may become lazy and not exert the required effort. c. if the contract isn't generous enough, the executive will decide to work elsewhere. d. if the contract isn't generous enough, only low-ability executives will apply.

Keynesians, monetarists, and classical economists all agree that the transactions demand for money is the demand for money by households for

a. precautionary purposes b. spending purposes c. liquidity purposes d. saving purposes e. investment purposes