Whenever the expected inflation rate is positive
A) the real interest rate is greater than the nominal interest rate.
B) the real interest rate is negative.
C) the real interest rate is positive.
D) the nominal interest rate must be equal to the real interest rate.
E) none of the above
E
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A) each player's expected payoff equals zero. B) one player earns all possible points and the other player earns zero points. C) one player's payoff is positive and the other player's payoff is negative. D) There is never an equilibrium in a zero-sum game.
A key contribution of Ronald Coase is that he pointed out that private transactions are efficient when the number of parties involved is small
A) and when property rights are well defined and transactions costs are low. B) and when property rights do not exist. C) and that property rights are irrelevant to the existence of externalities. D) and when corporations are not greedy.