Any point on the contract curve is Pareto efficient regardless of the initial endowment
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True . Efficiency requires that no gains from trade are possible. This is true along the contract curve.
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Assuming sticky prices and given expectations of future exchange rates, what is the short-run effect on the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar (purchasing euros) and on domestic and foreign rates of return if there is a temporary increase in the quantity of U.S. dollars?
a. Rates of return on domestic and foreign assets diverge, as the dollar appreciates. b. Domestic and foreign rates of return both fall, as the dollar depreciates. c. Domestic and foreign rates of return converge, as the dollar depreciation lowers returns for U.S. investors who purchase euro-based assets. d. Rates of return on euro assets fall, causing investors to switch into U.S. assets and, therefore, the U.S. dollar appreciates against the euro.
Whenever government spending is a substitute for private spending
A) interest rates will rise. B) the Ricardian equivalence theorem holds. C) the effects of expansionary fiscal policy are dampened. D) there is a direct multiplier effect.