What Sign (Positive or Negative) Does Ross Predict for the Coefficient

question 18

Multiple Choice

What sign (positive or negative) does Ross predict for the coefficient on his primary explanatory variable (oil) ?

• A) positive
• B) negative
• C) neither positive nor negative

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