TEST BANK for Essentials of Economics, 9th Edition by N. Gregory Mankiw | Complete Chapters | 100% Verified & Updated 2025

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Part I: INTRODUCTION.
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1. Ten Principles of Economics.
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2. Thinking Like an Economist.
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3. Interdependence and the Gains from Trade.
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Part II: HOW MARKETS WORK.
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4. The Market Forces of Supply and Demand.
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5. Elasticity and Its Application.
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6. Supply, Demand, and Government Policies.
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Part III: MARKETS AND WELFARE.
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7. Consumers, Producers, and the Efficiency of Markets.
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8. Application: The Costs of Taxation.
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9. Application: International Trade.
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Part IV: THE ECONOMICS OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR.
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10. Externalities.
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11. Public Goods and Common Resources.
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Part V: Firm Behavior and the Organization of Industry.
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,12. The Costs of Production.
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13. Firms in Competitive Markets.
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14. Monopoly.
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Part VI: THE DATA OF MACROECONOMICS.
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15. Measuring a Nation’s Income.
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16. Measuring the Cost of Living.
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Part VII: THE REAL ECONOMY IN THE LONG RUN.
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17. Production and Growth.
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18. Saving, Investment, and the Financial System.
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19. The Basic Tools of Finance.
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20. Unemployment and Its Natural Rate.
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Part VIII: MONEY AND PRICES IN THE LONG RUN.
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21. The Monetary System.
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22. Money Growth and Inflation.
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Part IX: SHORT-RUN ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS.
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23. Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply.
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24. The Influence of Monetary and Fiscal Policy on Aggregate Demand.
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, 1. Ten Principles of Economics.
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1. The English word that comes from the Greek word for "one who manages a household" is
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a. market.
b. consumer.
c. producer.
d. economy.
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ECON.MANK.012 - Apply basic, economic principles of individual decision making
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that determine how an economy generally works. v v v v v v v




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KEYWORDS: BLOOM'S: Knowledge v




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2. The word “economy” comes from the Greek word oikonomos, which means
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a. “environment.”
b. “production.”
c. “one who manages a household.”
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d. “one who makes decisions.”
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ANSWER: c
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ECON.MANK.012 - Apply basic, economic principles of individual decision making
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that determine how an economy generally works. v v v v v v v




TOPICS: Economic thinking v




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a. scarce for households but plentiful for economies.
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b. plentiful for households but scarce for economies.
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c. scarce for households and scarce for economies.
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d. plentiful for households and plentiful for economies.
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ANSWER: c
DIFFICULTY: Easy
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that determine how an economy generally works. v v v v v v v




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Scarcity v




KEYWORDS: BLOOM'S: Comprehension v




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