Suppose that in a market for used cars, there are good used cars and bad used cars (lemons). Consumers are willing to pay as much as $6,000 for a good used car but only $1,000 for a lemon
Sellers of good used cars value their cars at $5,000 each and sellers of lemons value their cars at $800 each. Buyers cannot tell if a used car is reliable or is a lemon. Based on this information, what is the likely outcome in the market for used cars?
A) Most used cars offered for sale will be lemons.
B) Both good used cars and lemons will sell for $4,500 each.
C) Only lemons will sell, for $800 each.
D) Both good used cars and lemons will sell for $1,000 each.
A
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If expected inflation is constant, then when the nominal interest rate falls, the real interest rate
a. falls by more than the change in the nominal interest rate. b. falls by the change in the nominal interest rate. c. rises by the change in the nominal interest rate. d. rises by more than the change in the nominal interest rate.
Refer to the diagram, which shows demand and supply conditions in the competitive market for product X. A shift in the demand curve from D 0 to D 1 might be caused by a(n):
A. decrease in income if X is an inferior good.
B. increase in the price of complementary good Y.
C. increase in money incomes if X is a normal good.
D. increase in the price of substitute product Y.