According to Okun's law, if full-employment output is $5000 billion, then each percentage point of unemployment sustained for one year reduces output by

A) $50 billion.
B) $100 billion.
C) $150 billion.
D) $200 billion.

B

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Sarah's demand for routine medical visits is q = 10 - 0.2p when she is healthy and q = 20 - 0.2p when she is sick. Medical visits cost $50 each if Sarah has no medical insurance. She is sick 20% of the time. Sarah is considering two different insurance plans. One offers free medical visits; the other plan costs less up front but requires that Sarah pay $5 per medical visit. Compare the two plans

in terms of the trade-off between risk and moral hazard. What will be an ideal response?

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