Assume you save $1,000 in a bank account that pays 8 percent interest per year and the inflation rate is 3 percent. At the end of the year you have earned

A) a nominal return of $50.
B) a negative real return.
C) a real return of $50.
D) a real return of $80.

C

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Four roommates share an off-campus house and equally share the cost of rent. Everyone says that she values a clean house, yet the house is usually dirty. To an economist, a clean house in this case represents

a. a common resource problem. b. a public good. c. a club good. d. All of the above are correct.

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