What Is the Most Important Factor That Explains Differences in Living

question 8

Multiple Choice

What is the most important factor that explains differences in living standards across countries?

• A)the quantity of money
• B)the level of unemployment
• C)productivity
• D)equality

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Definitions:

Price

The amount of money expected, required, or given in payment for something.

Price Rigidity

Characteristic of oligopolistic markets by which firms are reluctant to change prices even if costs or demands change.

Demand Curve

Depicts how the quantity demanded of a commodity varies with its price, commonly shown as a downward-sloping line on a graph, reflecting the inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded.

Price Leadership

Pattern of pricing in which one firm regularly announces price changes that other firms then match.