Dina is driving to work on an interstate highway at 90 MPH, well in excess of the legal speed of 65 MPH. Sandy is also driving to work at the same time, going 85 MPH. A state trooper pulls Dina over and gives her a speeding ticket. Sandy continues driving, but if Dina had not been speeding, the trooper would have ticketed Sandy instead. In terms of externalities, this story shows that:
a. Sandy's actions gave Dina a positive externality.
b. Dina's actions gave Sandy a positive externality.
c. Sandy's actions gave Dina a negative externality.
d. Dina's actions gave Sandy a negative externality.
e. Dina's and Sandy's actions did not create any externalities.
b
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A) increases. B) decreases. C) remains constant. D) is unpredictable. E) first decreases and then increases.
With the exception of during recessions, workers in Canada are eligible for unemployment benefits for about twice as long a period of time as workers in the United States. As a result
A) the unemployment rate in Canada is usually higher than in the United States. B) the opportunity cost of job search in Canada is lower than in the United States. C) frictional unemployment is higher, on average, in the United States than in Canada. D) the average duration of unemployment is longer in the United States than in Canada.