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Test Bank — Economics, 12th Edition — David Colander — ISBN 9781266691195 — Verified 2025/2026 Edition — All Chapters Covered (1–38). Chapters Include: Part I: Thinking Like an Economist—Chapter 1: Economics and Economic Reasoning, Chapter 2: The Production Possibility Model, Trade, and Globalization, Chapter 3: Economic Institutions (with an appendix on The History of Economic Systems), Chapter 4: Supply and Demand, and Chapter 5: Using Supply and Demand. Part II: Microeconomics: The Power of Traditional Economic Models includes Chapter 6: Describing Supply and Demand: Elasticities, Chapter 7: Taxation and Government Intervention, and Chapter 8: Market Failure versus Government Failure. The International Economic Policy Issues section covers Chapter 9: Comparative Advantage, Exchange Rates, and Globalization, and Chapter 10: International Trade Policy. In Production and Cost Analysis, readers explore Chapter 11: Production and Cost Analysis I and Chapter 12: Production and Cost Analysis II. The Market Structure section features Chapter 13: Perfect Competition, Chapter 14: Monopoly and Monopolistic Competition, Chapter 15: Oligopoly and Antitrust Policy, Chapter 15W: Politics and Economics: The Case of Agricultural Markets, and Chapter 16: Real-World Competition and Technology. The Factor Markets section includes Chapter 17: Work and the Labor Market and Chapter 18: Who Gets What? The Distribution of Income. In Choice and Decision Making, students cover Chapter 19: The Logic of Individual Choice, and Chapter 20: Game Theory, Strategic Decision Making, and Behavioral Economics. Modern Economic Thinking continues with Chapter 21: Thinking Like a Modern Economist, Chapter 22: Behavioral Economics and Modern Economic Policy, and Chapter 23: Microeconomic Policy, Economic Reasoning, and Beyond. Part III: Macroeconomics starts with Macroeconomic Basics—Chapter 24: Economic Growth, Business Cycles, and Unemployment and Chapter 25: Measuring and Describing the Aggregate Economy. Policy Models include Chapter 26: The Keynesian Short-Run Policy Model: Demand-Side Policies, Chapter 26W: The Multiplier Model, and Chapter 27: The Classical Long-Run Policy Model: Growth and Supply-Side Policies. In Finance, Money, and the Economy, the content covers Chapter 28: The Financial Sector and the Economy, Chapter 29: Conventional Monetary Policy, and Chapter 30: Financial Crises, Regulation, and the Crypto Challenge. The Taxes, Budgets, and Fiscal Policy section includes Chapter 31: Deficits and Debt: The Austerity Debate and Chapter 32: The Fiscal Policy Dilemma. Macroeconomic Problems are examined in Chapter 33: Jobs and Unemployment and Chapter 34: Inflation, Deflation, and Macro Policy. Finally, International Macroeconomic Policy Issues concludes the textbook with Chapter 35: International Financial Policy, Chapter 36: Macro Policy in a Global Setting, Chapter 37: Structural Stagnation, Globalization, and the Post-COVID Blues, and Chapter 38: Macro Policy in Developing Countries.

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TEST BANK
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David Colander
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Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors
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, Test Bank for Economics (12th Edition)
David Colander
ISBN: 9781266691195



Part I – Thinking Like an Economist
Chapter 1. Economics and Economic Reasoning
Chapter 2. The Production Possibility Model, Trade, and Globalization
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Chapter 3. Economic Institutions
Chapter 4. Supply and Demand
Chapter 5. Using Supply and Demand
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Part II – Microeconomics: The Power of Traditional Economic Models
Chapter 6. Describing Supply and Demand: Elasticities
Chapter 7. Taxation and Government Intervention
Chapter 8. Market Failure versus Government Failure
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International Economic Policy Issues
Chapter 9. Comparative Advantage, Exchange Rates, and Globalization
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Chapter 10. International Trade Policy

Production and Cost Analysis
Chapter 11. Production and Cost Analysis I
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Chapter 12. Production and Cost Analysis II

Market Structure
Chapter 13. Perfect Competition
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Chapter 14. Monopoly and Monopolistic Competition
Chapter 15. Oligopoly and Antitrust Policy
Chapter 15W. Politics and Economics: The Case of Agricultural Markets
Chapter 16. Real-World Competition and Technology
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Factor Markets
Chapter 17. Work and the Labor Market
Chapter 18. Who Gets What? The Distribution of Income
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Choice and Decision Making
Chapter 19. The Logic of Individual Choice
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Chapter 20. Game Theory, Strategic Decision Making, and Behavioral
Economics

Modern Economic Thinking
Chapter 21. Thinking Like a Modern Economist
Chapter 22. Behavioral Economics and Modern Economic Policy
Chapter 23. Microeconomic Policy, Economic Reasoning, and Beyond


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, Part III – Macroeconomics

Macroeconomic Basics
Chapter 24. Economic Growth, Business Cycles, and Unemployment
Chapter 25. Measuring and Describing the Aggregate Economy

Policy Models
Chapter 26. The Keynesian Short-Run Policy Model: Demand-Side Policies
Chapter 26W. The Multiplier Model
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Chapter 27. The Classical Long-Run Policy Model: Growth and Supply-Side
Policies

Finance, Money, and the Economy
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Chapter 28. The Financial Sector and the Economy
Chapter 29. Conventional Monetary Policy
Chapter 30. Financial Crises, Regulation, and the Crypto Challenge
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Taxes, Budgets, and Fiscal Policy
Chapter 31. Deficits and Debt: The Austerity Debate
Chapter 32. The Fiscal Policy Dilemma
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Macroeconomic Problems
Chapter 33. Jobs and Unemployment
Chapter 34. Inflation, Deflation, and Macro Policy
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International Macroeconomic Policy Issues
Chapter 35. International Financial Policy
Chapter 36. Macro Policy in a Global Setting
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Chapter 37. Structural Stagnation, Globalization, and the Post-COVID Blues
Chapter 38. Macro Policy in Developing Countries
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, Student name:__________
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) The answers to an economy's three central economic problems are determined by the
interaction of three forces: economic forces, political forces, and social forces.
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2) Scarcity exists because economies cannot produce enough to meet the perceived desires of
all individuals.
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3) Only marginal costs, not sunk costs, affect economic decisions if individuals are rational.
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4) The economic decision rule is to undertake an action only when the marginal benefits of that
action are greater than its total costs.
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5) The opportunity cost of undertaking an activity includes any sunk cost.
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6) The "invisible hand" is the price mechanism that guides people’s actions in the market.
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⊚ false

7) Social and political forces affect the way in which the invisible hand works.
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⊚ true
⊚ false

8) Macroeconomics is the study of how individual choices are affected by economic forces.
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⊚ true
⊚ false




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