If the supply for a good is elastic, that means that when price increases, the
A) supply will increase.
B) quantity supplied will decrease.
C) quantity supplied will increase by a smaller percentage than the price increased.
D) quantity supplied will increase by a greater percentage than the price increased.
D
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Suppose the government decided to tighten monetary policy and decrease government expenditures. In the short run in the Keynesian model, the effect of these policies would be to ________ the real interest rate and ________ the level of output
A) lower; decrease B) lower; have an ambiguous effect on C) have an ambiguous effect on; decrease D) raise; decrease
If the price of Pepsi-Cola increases from 40 cents to 50 cents per can and the quantity demanded decreases from 100 cans to 50 cans, then, according to the midpoint formula, the value of price elasticity of demand for Pepsi-Cola is
a. -0.5 b. -0.25 c. -1 d. -3 e. -2