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If consumption when young and consumption when old are both normal goods, what will an increase in the interest rate do?

Correct answer C. It will increase the quantity of saving if the substitution effect outweighs the income effect

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Question 1844 Comparative GDP

Which statement is true of a nation whose GDP per person is very low?

Correct answer D. It has the potential to grow relatively quickly due to the "catch-up effect"

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Question 1847 Comparative GDP

What did Thomas Malthus argue?

Correct answer B. An ever-increasing population is constrained only by the food supply, resulting in chronic famines

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Question 1848 Comparative GDP

Which of the following represents an increase in technological knowledge?

Correct answer B. A farmer discovers that it is better to plant in the spring rather than in the autumn

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Question 1849 Comparative GDP

Which of the following counts as foreign portfolio investment?

Correct answer A. EDF of France buys shares in Scottish & Southern Energy of the UK, and Scottish & Southern Energy uses the proceeds to build a new hydro-electric power station in Scotland

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Question 1850 Comparative GDP

Suppose Toyota builds a new plant in the north of England. Which of the following is then true?

Correct answer A. Once the plant starts producing cars, UK GDP will rise more than UK GNP

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Question 1853 Comparative GDP

Why have many East Asian countries been growing very quickly?

Correct answer B. They save and invest an unusually high percentage of their GDP

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Question 1854 Comparative GDP

Which of the following is true once a country has become wealthy?

Correct answer B. It may be harder for it to grow quickly because of diminishing returns to capital

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Question 1857 Comparative GDP

What happens if a production function shows constant returns to scale?

Correct answer A. Doubling all of the inputs doubles output

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Question 1859 Comparative GDP

Which statement about the effect of population growth on productivity is true?

Correct answer D. All of these answers

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