The purchase of a new house is the one form of
a. investment that is financed by private saving rather than public saving.
b. household spending that is not counted as part of investment in the national income accounts.
c. household spending that is investment rather than consumption.
d. household spending that does not contribute to GDP.
c
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What is the principal-agent problem?
A) It is a problem caused by a person (principal) who hires an agent to act on his behalf but is unwilling to delegate authority to the agent to carry out the task in the best possible way. B) It is a problem caused by agents pursuing their own interests rather than the interests of the principals who hired them. C) It is a problem of the power system of boss and subordinate where the boss (principal) exerts influence over his subordinates (agents) using punishment or threat. D) It is a problem that exists when a person (principal) has more information about the task than the agent he hires to perform the task.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. A risk-averse individual chooses to never place a bet. 2. Firms are more likely to exhibit risk-neutral behavior than are individuals. 3. Both ex ante and ex post preferences depend solely on the individual's tastes. 4. When a gamble is repeated many times, the average outcome is the expected value. 5. A risk-free basket has only one possible outcome.