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PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 4 ? Chapter 23/Measuring a Nations Income ? 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 1 ? 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Chapter 23 Measuring a Nations Income MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Macroeconomists study a. the decisions of individual households and firms. b. the interaction between households and firms. c. economy-wide phenomena. d. regulations imposed on firms and unions. ANS: C DIF: 1 REF: 10-0 NAT: Analytic LOC: The study of economics and definitions in economics TOP: Macroeconomics MSC: Definitional 2. Which of the following newspaper headlines is more closely related to what microeconomists study than to what macroeconomists study? a. Unemployment rate rises from 5 percent to 5.5 percent. b. Real GDP grows by 3.1 percent in the third quarter. c. Retail sales at stores show large gains. d. The price of oranges rises after an early frost. ANS: D DIF: 2 REF: 10-0 NAT: Analytic LOC: The study of economics and definitions in economics TOP: Macroeconomics MSC: Interpretive 3. Which of the following questions is more likely to be studied by a microeconomist than a macroeconomist? a. Why do prices in general rise by more in some countries than in others? b. Why do wages differ across industries? c. Why do national production and income increase in some periods and not in others? d. How rapidly is GDP currently increasing? ANS: B DIF: 2 REF: 10-0 NAT: Analytic LOC: The study of economics and definitions in economics TOP: Macroeconomics MSC: Interpretive 4. Which of the following topics are more likely to be studied by a macroeconomist than by a microeconomist? a. the effect of taxes on the prices of airline tickets, and the profitability of automobile-manufacturing firms b. the price of beef, and wa