If Households and fiRms Cut Back on Spending Because They

question 6

Multiple Choice

If households and firms cut back on spending because they expect other households and firms to do so, and this self-fulfilling prophecy causes a recession, then this would be an example of

• A) insider-outsider relationships.
• B) efficiency wage theory.
• C) a coordination failure.
• D) a price-level surprise.

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