Which of the Following Is a Normative Economic Statement

question 140

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a normative economic statement?

• A)Rising corn prices have increased the price of corn-based ethanol.
• B)With rising home prices and falling mortgage interest rates, the amount of home foreclosures has decreased.
• C)The federal government is considering increasing regulations on the use of fossil fuels to promote the use of wind power.
• D)Farmers should not be allowed to grow and sell genetically-modified crops.

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Definitions:

Outstanding Voting Shares

The total number of shares of a corporation's stock that are currently owned by shareholders and have the right to vote.

Fair Value

An estimate of the price at which an asset or liability could be traded in a fair transaction between willing parties, neither under compulsion to act.

Equity Method

An accounting technique used by a company to record investments in other companies, where the investment is initially recorded at cost and adjusted thereafter for the post-acquisition change in the investor’s proportion of net assets in the investee.

Investor Corporation

Typically refers to a company whose primary business is holding, investing in, and managing securities for investment purposes.