Which of the following is a unique provision of NAFTA?

During 2013, a country's total purchases of newly produced capital goods are $1,000 billion, the country issues $750 billion of stock certificates, and there is $200 billion of depreciation. Net investment in this country equals

A) $550 billion. B) $1,000 billion. C) $1,550 billion. D) $1,750 billion. E) $800 billion.

Suppose that a violent earthquake causes the uninhabited Hawaiian island of Mokuauia (also called Goat Island) to fall into the Pacific Ocean. No people are killed or injured, and since the island is undeveloped, no buildings are destroyed. The island was a source of tourist income for Hawaiian landowners. Which of the following statements correctly describes the rents earned by the people who

own land on the surrounding islands? a. As the supply of vacation land decreases, the marginal productivity of the remaining land will decrease; thus rents will decrease. b. As the supply of vacation land decreases, the marginal productivity of the remaining land will increase; thus, rents will decrease. c. As the supply of vacation land decreases, the marginal productivity of the remaining land will increase; thus, rents will increase. d. There would be no change in the rents earned by the other landowners because the effects of supply and demand would exactly cancel each other out.