According to Milton Friedman, Any Divergence in Unemployment from Its

question 77

Multiple Choice

According to Milton Friedman, any divergence in unemployment from its natural rate is
Temporary because

• A) anticipated price changes affect nominal wages in the short run but workers will rectify this over time.
• B) unanticipated price changes affect real wages in the short run but workers will rectify this over time.
• C) anticipated price changes affect real wages in the short run but workers will rectify this over time.
• D) unanticipated price changes create inflation which is addressed by policymakers over time.

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Definitions:

Hawthorne Effect

The effect that researchers themselves may have on an experimental group. The effect is named after an organizational study in which employees were found to be responding to the perceived interest of management rather than to the experimental condition itself.

External Validity

The extent to which the results of a study can be generalized to other situations, populations, or time periods beyond the study itself.

Diffusion

In experimental design, the problem of a treatment effect spreading from group to group as people communicate.

Treatment Effect

The difference in outcomes between a group receiving an intervention and a control group in an experimental study.