Description : Cross demand expresses the functional relationship between - (1) demand and prices of related commodities (2) demand and income (3) demand and prices (4) demand and supply (4)
Last Answer : (1) demand and prices of related commodities Explanation: Other things being constant, cross demand expresses the relation between demand for good A' due to change in the price of its related good 'B' ... that at different prices of good B' what different quantities of good A' will be demanded.
Description : The functional relationship between income and consumption expenditure is explained by - (1) Consumer' Surplus (2) Law of Demand (3) Law of Supply (4) Keynes's psychological law of consumption
Last Answer : (4) Keynes's psychological law of consumption Explanation: Keynes defined Psychological Law of Consumption in terms of, "The fundamental psychological law, upon which we are entitled to depend with great ... consumption as their income increases but not by as much as the increase in the income."
Description : The functional relationship between income and consumption expenditure is explained by (1) Consumer’ Surplus (2) Law of Demand (3) Law of Supply (4) Keynes’s psychological law of consumption
Last Answer : Keynes’s psychological law of consumption
Description : A supply function expresses the relationship between - (1) price and output (2) price and selling cost (3) price and demand (4) price and consumption
Last Answer : (1) price and output Explanation: The supply function expresses the relationship between the Lotal quantily supplied and the price received by all suppliers per unit of time, holding other factors constant. It illustrates the relation between price and supply.
Description : A supply function expresses the relationship between (1) price and output (2) price and selling cost (3) price and demand (4) price and consumption
Last Answer : price and output
Description : If the main objective of the government is to raise revenue, it should tax commodities with (1) high elasticity of demand (2) low elasticity of supply (3) low elasticity of demand (4) high income elasticity of demand
Last Answer : (3) low elasticity of demand Explanation: The Ramsey rule states that commodities with low elasticities of demand should be taxed at higher rates than commodities with high elasticities of demand. ... the Ramsey rule may result in a regressive taxation scheme society may view as inequitable.
Last Answer : low elasticity of demand
Description : Price elasticity of demand shows the relationship between demand for a commodity and (a) price of other commodities (b) price of that commodity © tastes and preferences of the consumer (d) income of the consumer
Last Answer : (b) price of that commodity
Description : Sellers market denotes a situation where : (1) commodities are available at competitive rates (2) demand exceeds supply (3) supply exceeds demand (4) supply and demand are evenly balanced
Last Answer : (2) demand exceeds supply Explanation: Seller's market is a market which has more buyers than sellers. High prices result from this excess of demand over supply. The opposite of the seller's market is the buyer's market, where supply greatly exceeds demand.
Description : In a Laissez-faire economy (1) the customers take all the decisions regarding production of all the commodities (2) the Government does not interfere in the free functioning of demand and ... of various commodities produced (4) the Government controls the allocation of all the factors of production
Last Answer : the Government does not interfere in the free functioning of demand and supply forces in the market
Last Answer : demand exceeds supply
Description : The Law of Demand expresses - (1) effect of change in price of a commodity on its demand (2) effect of change in demand of a commodity on its price (3) effect of change in demand of a commodity over the supply of its substitute (4) (4) None of the above
Last Answer : (1) effect of change in price of a commodity on its demand Explanation: The law of demand states the inverse relation that comes to exist of between price in one hand and quantity demanded on ... quantity demanded. In other words, the higher the price of a product, the lower the quantity demanded.
Description : The Law of Demand expresses (1) effect of change in price of a commodity on its demand (2) effect of change in demand of a commodity on its price (3) effect of change in demand of a commodity over the supply of its substitute (4) None of the above
Last Answer : effect of change in price of a commodity on its demand
Description : Consumption function expresses the relationship between consumption and - (1) savings (2) income (3) investment (4) price
Last Answer : (2) income Explanation: The consumption function is a mathematical formula laid out by famed economist John Maynard Keynes. The formula was designed to show the relationship between real disposable ... being what Keynes considered the most important determinant of short-term demand in an economy.
Description : Consumption function expresses the relationship between consumption and (1) savings (2) income (3) investment (4) price
Last Answer : income
Description : What is the name given to the graph that shows all the combinations of two commodities that a consumer can afford at the given market prices and within the particular income level in economic terms?
Last Answer : Budget line
Description : In a Capitalistic Economy, the prices are determined by : (1) Demand and Supply (2) Government Authorities (3) Buyers in the Market (4) Sellers in the Market
Last Answer : (1) Demand and Supply Explanation: Capitalism generally refers to economic system in which the means of production are largely or entirely privately owned and operated for a profit, structured on the ... and services lead to higher prices and lower demand for certain goods lead to lower prices.
Description : When aggregate supply exceeds aggregate demand - (1) unemployment falls (2) prices rise (3) inventories accumulate (4) unemployment develops
Last Answer : (3) inventories accumulate Explanation: Deflation sets in when aggregate supply exceeds aggregate demand. Recession sets in. This will lead to a buildup in stocks (inventories) and this sends a signal to ... Either way -there is a tendency for output to move closer to the current level of demand.
Description : When aggregate supply exceeds aggregate demand (1) unemployment falls (2) prices rise (3) inventories accumulate (4) unemployment develops
Last Answer : inventories accumulate
Last Answer : Demand and Supply
Description : Sellers market denotes a situation where (1) Commodities are available at competitive rates (2) Demand exceeds supply (3) Supply exceeds demand (4) Supply and demand are equal
Last Answer : (2) Demand exceeds supply
Description : Cost push inflation arises due to (a) Persistent rise in factor cost ; (b) Mismatch between demand and supply of commodities (c) Combine phenomena of demand pull and cost-push inflation. ; (d) Increase in price of precious metal
Last Answer : (a) Persistent rise in factor cost ;
Description : Demand pull inflation rises due to (a) Persistent rise in factor cost ; (b) Mismatch between demand and supply of commodities (c) Combine phenomena of demand pull and cost-push inflation. ; (d) Increase in Price of precious metal
Last Answer : ; (b) Mismatch between demand and supply of commodities
Description : If two commodities are complements, then their cross-price elasticity is (1) zero (2) positive (3) negative (4) imaginary number
Last Answer : negative
Description : A demand curve will not shift: (1) When only income changes (2) When only prices of substitute products change (3) When there is a change in advertisement expenditure (4) When only price of the commodity changes
Last Answer : (4) When only price of the commodity changes Explanation: In economics, the demand curve is the graph depicting the relationship between the price of a certain commodity and the amount of it that ... only when there is a change in other determinants of demand, other than price of the commodity.
Description : Acording to Keynesian theory of income determination, at full employment, a fall in aggregate demand causes - (1) a fall in prices of output and resources (2) a fall in real gross National product ... a rise in real gross National product and investment (4) a rise in prices of output and resources
Last Answer : (1) a fall in prices of output and resources Explanation: In 1936, John Maynard Keynes published the book "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money to explain the prolonged and ... at a below-full-employment equilibrium. Suppose that the economy is at the full-employment equilibrium.
Description : According to monetary approach of Balance of Payments, the demand for money is a stable function of (a) income, prices and rate of interest (b) income and prices (c) prices and rate of interest (d) income, prices and foreign exchange reserves
Last Answer : income, prices and rate of interest
Description : According to Keynesian theory of income determination, at full employment, a fall in aggregate demand causes (1) a fall in prices of output and resources (2) a fall in real gross National product and ... rise in real gross National product and investment (4) a rise in prices of output and resources
Last Answer : a fall in prices of output and resources
Last Answer : When only price of the commodity changes
Description : Production function expresses - (1) technological relationship between physical inputs and output (2) financial relationship between physical inputs and output (3) relationship between finance and technology (4) relationship between factors of production
Last Answer : (1) technological relationship between physical inputs and output Explanation: Production involves transformation of inputs into outputs. The output is a function of input. The functional relationship between ... be produced from any given quantities of various inputs during a given period of time.
Description : Production function expresses (1) technological relationship between physical inputs and output (2) financial relationship between physical inputs and output (3) relationship between finance and technology (4) relationship between factors of production
Last Answer : technological relationship between physical inputs and output
Description : An indifference curve measures the same level of - (1) Output from two factors (2) Satisfaction from two commodities (3) Satisfaction from Income and Capital (4) Satisfaction from expenditure and savings
Last Answer : (2) Satisfaction from two commodities Explanation: An indifference curve is a locus of combinations of goods which derive the same level of satisfaction. so that the consumer is indifferent ... of various points showing different combinations of two goods providing equal utility to the consumer
Description : What will be the effect on inferior commodities when income of the consumer rises? (1) Negative effect (2) Positive effect (3) No effect (4) First increase then decrease
Last Answer : (1) Negative effect Explanation: In economics, an inferior good is a good that decreases in demand when consumer income rises (or rises in demand when consumer income decreases), unlike ... consumers' demand increases when their income increases. Cheaper cars are examples of the inferior goods.
Description : According to Engel’s Law of consumption, the following commodities are likely to have income elasticity of less than one (a) Garments (b) Motor car (c) Cosmetics (d) Wheat and Rice
Last Answer : (d) Wheat and Rice
Description : An indifference curve measures the same level of (1) Output from two factors (2) Satisfaction from two commodities (3) Satisfaction from Income and Capital (4) Satisfaction from expenditure and savings
Last Answer : Satisfaction from two commodities
Last Answer : Negative effect
Description : Production function is the relationship between - (1) Production and Profit (2) Production and Prices (3) Production and Production factors (4) Production and Income
Last Answer : (3) Production and Production factors Explanation: In economics, a production function relates physical output of a production process to physical inputs or factors of production. The primary purpose ... use of factor inputs in production and the resulting distribution of income to those factors.
Description : Production function is the relationship between (1) Production and Profit (2) Production and Prices (3) Production and Production factors (4) Production and Income
Last Answer : Production and Production factors
Description : Milton Friedman gave emphasis in his quantity theory of money on (a) Production and Income (b) Price level (c) Supply of Money (d) Demand for Money
Last Answer : (d) Demand for Money
Description : 'Supply creates its own demand'. This statement is related to - (1) Prof. J.B. Say (2) John Robinson (3) Adam Smith (4) J.S. Mill
Last Answer : (1) Prof. J.B. Say Explanation: Jean Baptiste Say was a French economist. I le is well known for Say's Law (or Say's Law of Markets), often summarized as: "Aggregate supply creates ... create enough demand to buy the goods. Thus production is determined by the supply of goods rather than demand.
Description : Gresham's law is related to - (1) Consumption and demand (2) Supply and demand (3) Circulation of money (4) Deficit financing
Last Answer : (3) Circulation of money Explanation: Gresham's law is an observation in economics that "bad money drives out good." More exactly, if coins containing metal of different value have the same value as ... 1558 prompted the economist H.D. Macleod to suggest the term Gresham's law in the 19th century.
Description : Gresham’s law is related to (1) Consumption and demand (2) Supply and demand (3) Circulation of money (4) Deficit financing
Last Answer : Circulation of money
Description : Production function refers to the functional relationship between input and _______. (1) product (2) produce (3) output (4) service
Last Answer : (3) output Explanation: The Production function expresses a functional relationship amidst quantities of raw materials and goods. It is the name given to the relationship between rates of input of productive services and the rate of output of product.
Description : Production function refers to the functional relationship between input and ___. (1) product (2) produce (3) output (4) service
Last Answer : output
Description : What happens to prices when the supply is greater than the demand?
Last Answer : The price often come down as suppliers try to shift slow sellingstock.
Description : The central problem of how to produce is resolved by (a) Demand and supply of factor inputs ; (b) Demand and supply of goods; (c) Relative prices and availability of factors of production ; (d) Government intervention
Last Answer : (c) Relative prices and availability of factors of production
Description : The study of factor pricing is alternatively called the theory of - (1) functional distribution (2) personal distribution (3) income distribution (4) wealth distribution
Last Answer : (1) functional distribution Explanation: In economics, the study of factor pricing is related to the theory of functional distribution which attempts to explain the prices of land, labour, and capital. It ... for land, labour, and capital as derived demand, stemming from the demand for final goods.
Description : The study of factor pricing is alternatively called the theory of (1) functional distribution (2) personal distribution (3) income distribution (4) wealth distribution
Last Answer : functional distribution
Description : In economics, what is it called when reduced demand cause prices to go up?
Last Answer : They could be trying to “re-brand” the commodity into a veblen good, angling for more affluent customers who care more about status than overpaying. Hope this helps.
Description : Which of the following does not cause a shift in aggregate demand ? (a) Consumption (b) Government expenditure (c) Investment (d) Prices
Last Answer : (d) Prices