An increase in autonomous consumption has the same equilibrium effect as a(n)

What is a currency board?

a. A fixed exchange rate that, by law, exchanges domestic currency for a specified foreign currency at a fixed exchange rate. b. A floating exchange rate. c. A managed floating exchange-rate policy that the government adjusts periodically according to some economic indicator. d. A laissez-faire exchange-rate policy. e. An interventionist exchange-rate policy.

The possibility of speculative bubbles in the stock market arises in part because

a. stock prices may not depend at all on psychological factors. b. fundamental analysis may be the correct way to evaluate the value of stocks. c. future streams of dividend payments are very hard to estimate. d. the value of shares of stock depends not only on the future stream of dividend payments but also on the price at which the stock will be sold.