Match each of the following jobs to its major area: forecasting, analysis, research, or data development. Explain your answers
(a) Economist at university, testing theories about the efficient allocation of resources in the foreign exchange market (b) Economist at Wall Street firm trying to predict the rate of inflation next year using past data (c) Economist at auto firm looking at demand for new automobiles (d) Economist at the International Trade Commission trying to determine whether foreign firms are dumping goods in the United States (e) Economist at the Commerce Department developing new methods for calculating price indexes (f) Economist consulting in Eastern Europe about how to set up free-market financial systems
(a) Research
(b) Forecasting
(c) Analysis
(d) Analysis
(e) Data development
(f) Analysis
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A) At equilibrium, less than the economically efficient quantity of medical research is produced. B) At equilibrium, more than the economically efficient quantity of medical research is produced. C) A deadweight loss occurs because at equilibrium the marginal social cost of medical research is greater than the marginal social benefit. D) A deadweight loss occurs because at equilibrium the marginal social cost equals the marginal social benefit.
A situation in which the price of an asset rises significantly above the asset's fundamental value is referred to as
A) asset liquidity. B) dissipation. C) a bubble. D) magnification.