Reference no: EM13860640
1. A substitute good is a determinant of supply.
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2. As globalization and world trade proliferates, individual markets within countries' economies become more competitive.
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3. If the spot oil price in petroleum markets is rising, then we can expect the supply curves of products using petroleum as an input to shift rightward.
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4. Government actions, such as price floors and ceilings, can actually reduce employment and raise market inefficiency
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5. A change in quantity demanded is a movement along the same demand curve.
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6. "As the price of gasoline rises, consumer demand decreases. In addition, the quantity demanded of compact cars increased, causing their price to rise." This statement contains two errors: demand and quantity demanded are confused twice.
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7. In the circular flow model, firms own economic resources, and households buy the manufactured products and services.
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8. Equilibrium is a state of balance between supply and demand.
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9. A supply curve is negatively sloped, while a demand curve is positively sloped. If given a graph of them both, that will be evidenced by computing each curve's X axis divided by its Y axis when devising a 90-degree angle.
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10. For economies that rely on decentralized decision making, the most important decisions are made by the government.
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