Answer:
D. The tax cut can be categorized as fiscal policy and the lowering of interest rates can be categorized as monetary policy.
Explanation:
Fiscal policy is when the government uses either taxes or government spending to influence the economy.
Contractionary fiscal policy is when the government increases taxes or reduces spending.
Expansionary fiscal policy is when the government decreases taxes or increases spending.
Monetary policy are policies enacted by central bank of a country to control money supply or interest rest.
Contractionary monetary policy is reducing money supply or increasing interest rates.
Expansionary monetary policy is increasing money supply or decreasing interest rate.
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For all the technology coming out of China today, its rural community is still very primitive. Farmers in the Western World have found ways to scientifically improve their growing techniques. Crop rotations allow for nutrient rich plants to regenerate the soil every other year. Also letting a field go fallow one years allows for recovery of soil. There are many other ways the West is improving their crops and educating new farmers in agriculture science. However, southeast Asian farmers to do not have access to this technology or sometimes computers/internet. They are using the same techniques that they have for over a thousand years. Until education is available for them or they are taught different they will continue to use the same techniques taught by their father. Even to the detriment of their land.
Answer:
The income effect and substitution effect work in opposite directions and income effect is dominant.
Explanation:
In case of a normal good, both the income effect as well as substitution effect work in the same direction. A fall in the price of a product will increase the purchasing power of the consumer so its quantity demanded will increase.
The consumers will also prefer the cheaper good so the substitution effect will cause the quantity demanded to increase.
In case of an inferior good, however, income elasticity is negative. The income effect and substitution effect work in opposite directions.
A price decrease in the case of an inferior good will increase the real income and purchasing power of the consumer. This will cause the quantity demanded of the inferior good to decline as the consumer will prefer a substitute normal good.
Answer:
D. Preferred stockholders are allocated their dividends before dividends are allocated to common shareholders.
Explanation:
Before declaring dividend on common shares, it is always necessary for the company to pay dividends on preferred shares and dividends are declared when there are sufficient profits.
Answer:
(a) Work/leisure choice
(b) Marketing strategy
Explanation:
Microeconomic issues relate to those that are within the scope and power of individuals, households and firms which means that problems here will relate to decisions that these participants make in relation to resource allocation.
Choices relating to leisure or work have to do with the individual and the resources they would need or derive from either work or leisure and so are a microeconomic problem.
The marketing strategy that a firm should pursue is related to an individual firm and so is a microeconomic problem as well.
