The federal government's principal tool in altering consumer spending is changing

The Doing Business reports are considered by many economists to have contributed to economic growth and poverty reduction. The effectiveness of the reports may be attributed to ________

A) their encouragement to governments to reduce impediments to business B) their encouragement to businesses to migrate to business-friendly locations C) their deepening of economists' understanding of economic growth D) their exposing of corrupt officials and practices

If firms in a monopolistically competitive industry are operating with economic losses, over time we would see

A) firms alter their advertising rates until they made at least normal profits. B) some firms exiting the industry, causing the market supply curve to shift to the left, raising price. C) some firms exiting the industry, causing the demand curves of the remaining firms to shift to the right. D) the firms working together to increase price and everyone's profitability.