Acondominium developer buys three times as much land as is needed to build a planned 50-unit development so that, if things go well, two additional 50-unit developments can be built without having to acquire additional land. the developer is prepared to exercise the option to: a) quit. b) expand. c) abandon. d) wait. e) rebuild.

The table below is comparing level of education achieved to the rate of unemployment and the median weekly earnings in 2008. based on the information provided, the unemployment rate decreases the most when moving between which two consecutive educational levels? a. “less than high school” and “high school graduate” b. “high school graduate” and “some college, no degree” c. “associate degree” and “bachelor’s degree” d. “professional degree” and “doctoral degree”

The sticky-price theory asserts that the output prices of some goods and services adjust slowly to changes in the price level. suppose firms announce the prices for their products in advance, based on an expected price level of 100 for the coming year. many of the firms sell their goods through catalogs and face high costs of reprinting if they change prices. the actual price level turns out to be 110. faced with high menu costs, the firms that rely on catalog sales choose not to adjust their prices. sales from catalogs will

Explain whether each of the following events increases, decreases, or has no effect on the unemployment rate and the labor-force participation rate.a. after a long search, jon finds a job.b. tyrion, a full-time college student, graduates and is immediately employed.c. after an unsuccessful job search, arya gives up looking and retires.d. daenerys quits her job to become a stay-at-home mom.e. sansa has a birthday, becomes an adult, but has no interest in working.f. jaime has a birthday, becomes an adult, and starts looking for a job.g. cersei dies while enjoying retirement.h. jorah dies working long hours at the office.