Which of the following statements is true? An individual's future spending decreases when she lends money. An individual's future spending increases when she borrows money. An economic agent borrows to move her spending from the future to the present. An economic agent borrows to move her spending from the present to the future.

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Which of the following statements is true?

  1. An individual's future spending decreases when she lends money.
  2. An individual's future spending increases when she borrows money.
  3. An economic agent borrows to move her spending from the future to the present.
  4. An economic agent borrows to move her spending from the present to the future.

 

Loss aversion refers to the idea that people ________.

  1. generally tend to avoid risky activities
  2. are more prone to making losses than gains in day-to-day transactions
  3. psychologically weight a loss more heavily than they psychologically weight a gain
  4. are unwilling to undertake expenditures that reduce the probability of future losses

 

Which of the following is an example of adverse selection?

  1. Overgrazing of a common piece of land
  2. A passenger traveling in a subway without a ticket
  3. A customer buying a defective appliance from a used goods market
  4. The generation of hazardous waste by the production of a good

 

More people started building houses in the earthquake-prone regions of Polonia after its government launched a compensation scheme for houses damaged in earthquakes in these regions. This is an example of ________.

  1. adverse selection
  2. a positive externality
  3. moral hazard
  4. herd behavior

 

The consumer surplus enjoyed by the winner of a first-price auction is equal to the difference between ________.

  1. her value for the item being auctioned and the value of the lowest bid
  2. her bid and the second-highest bid
  3. her maximum willingness to pay for the good and her bid
  4. her bid and the market price of the good

 

According to the ________, as long as property rights are clearly defined, two agents can always bargain to reach the efficient outcome.

  1. Coase theorem
  2. Ricardian theory on rent
  3. revenue equivalence theorem
  4. envelope theorem
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