If a Nation's Leaders Make Rational Decisions, They Would Weigh

question 58

Multiple Choice

If a nation's leaders make rational decisions, they would weigh the costs and benefits of defaulting on the debt as follows if the:

• A) borrowing costs are greater than the repayment costs, the borrower will not default.
• B) nation's consumption after repayment of principal and interest exceed the consumption available after default costs are deducted, the nation will repay.
• C) nation can borrow from other lenders more cheaply, it will simply refinance and deal with the problem later.
• D) nation can sell off assets and increase the workweek to export more, it will definitely repay.

Demonstrate the ability to use organic chemistry literature effectively.

Understand the concept and application of the pooled proportion estimate in hypothesis testing.

Recognize conditions under which the pooled proportion estimate and normal approximation are appropriate for testing differences between two population proportions.

Develop confidence interval estimates for ratios of population variances.

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