Comparing Long-Term Bonds with Short-Term Bonds,long-Term Bonds Are ________ Volatile

question 3

Multiple Choice

Comparing long-term bonds with short-term bonds,long-term bonds are ________ volatile and therefore experience ________ price change than short-term bonds for the same interest rate shift.

• A)less; less
• B)less; more
• C)more; more
• D)more; less
• E)more; the same

Analyze the effects of public goods and positive externalities on market outcomes.

Understand the concept of pollution permits and their role in controlling pollution levels.

Recognize the difference between equilibrium quantity and socially optimal quantity in the presence of externalities.

Identify command-and-control policies and market-based policies for managing pollution.

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