Some studies have found that people who owned guns were more likely to be killed with a gun. Do you think this study is strong evidence in favor of stricter gun control laws? Explain
What will be an ideal response?
Not necessarily. It is quite possible that people who thought they were at risk (perhaps because they live in dangerous neighborhoods) were more likely to buy a gun for self-protection. This is an example of a case where correlation may not imply causation. There has been a good deal of research on this question. See, for example, a Harvard School of Public Health 2011 interview with David Hemenway (http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/review-guns-politics-hemenway).
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In Figure 11.3, the multiplier effect resulting from a change in investment spending is represented as the distance between points
A) a0 and a1. B) y0 and y1. C) a1 and y1. D) C0 and C1.
If a good is capital intensive it means that the good is produced
A) using relatively more capital than goods that are not labor intensive. B) using capital as the only input. C) using more capital per unit of output than goods that are not capital intensive. D) using capital such that the total cost of capital is greater than the total cost of labor. E) using capital such that the cost of capital is more than 50% of total cost.