If goods X and Y are substitute goods, then an increase in the price of Y, other things being equal,
A) results in a decrease in the amounts of both X and Y consumed.
B) decreases the quantity demanded of Y, but has no effect on the amount of X consumed.
C) results in a decrease in the quantity of Y consumed, but increases the demand for X.
D) has no real effect on the quantity demanded of good Y, but increases the demand for X.
C
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If a country has a bowed out (concave to the origin) production possibility frontier, then production is said to be subject to
A) constant opportunity costs. B) decreasing opportunity costs. C) first increasing and then decreasing opportunity costs. D) increasing opportunity costs.
Between 1820 and 1860, in the U.S.,
a. real wages rose. b. unskilled workers' earnings fell relative to skilled workers' earnings. c. fertility rates fell. d. the number of self-employed workers fell. e. All of the above.