According to Real Business Cycle Theory, Workers' Decisions to Work

question 337

Multiple Choice

According to real business cycle theory, workers' decisions to work now versus later depend on

• A) labor productivity.
• B) the money wage rate.
• C) the real wage rate today but not the real wage rate in the future.
• D) the real interest rate.

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