Assume X is an inferior good. If the incomes of people who buy X increase, demand for X will increase as well, but by a smaller percentage than the increase in income

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

FALSE

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In the specificfactors model, suppose that a country has a comparative advantage in manufacturing output. Will landowners be better or worse off following the opening of trade with other countries?

a. They will be better off. b. They will be worse off. c. They may be better off or worse off because the real rental on capital in terms of the agricultural good rises and the real rental in terms of the manufactured good falls. d. They may be better off or worse off because the real rental on capital in terms of the manufactured good rises and the real rental in terms of the agricultural good falls.

Economics

Suppose the government increases the corporate income tax rate. This is

A) an expansionary fiscal policy that will shift the aggregate demand curve to the right by an amount equal to the initial change in corporate income tax revenue times the spending multiplier. B) a contractionary fiscal policy that will shift the aggregate demand curve to the left by an amount equal to the initial change in investment times the spending multiplier. C) a contractionary fiscal policy that will shift the aggregate demand curve to the left by an amount equal to the initial change in the corporate income tax rate times the spending multiplier. D) an automatic fiscal policy that will shift the aggregate demand curve to the left by an amount equal to the initial change in investment times the spending multiplier.

Economics