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You are a sales representative for a major US multinational corporation who is trying to get a contract from the Botswana government.  You know the foreign official in charge of choosing the supplier wants to go to the final for the World Cup, which law would prevent you from giving the official a ticket to the final with the intent of influencing their decision on who to grant a contract to?

In many Asian countries, people would tell you that “the contract is in the relationship, not on the paper”? What should you do in these countries?

At a price of $9.99 per digital book, Danielle buys 3 digital books per month. When the price decreases to $7.99, Danielle buys 4 digital books per month. Jason says that Danielle’s demand for digital books has increased. Is Jason correct?

Figure 2-7 ​ ​ Refer to Figure 2-7. For which of the following is the statement “In order to get more military goods, we have to forfeit some civilian goods” true?

The supply of seats for an economics class at 10 a.m. is the same as the supply of seats for the same class at noon.  Every student who wants to attend this class at noon can, but there is a shortage of  seats in the 10 a.m. class. If tuition does not vary by time of day, it follows that the demand for the 10 a.m. class is __________ the demand for the noon class.

Figure 2-6 ​ ​ ​ Refer to Figure 2-6.  Which graph depicts a technological improvement in the production of good X only?

At college X and at college Y, students pay $3,000 less than the equilibrium tuition. If the supply of openings is the same at both colleges, it follows that a shortage of openings will be greater at 

The cost of building a new interstate highway system is reported to be high at $25 billion. Does it necessarily follow that the interstate highway is not worth building?

There are two universities, A and B, in a city. Tuition rises at University A and, as a result, the demand for attending University B rises. It follows that educational services at the two universities are

Figure 5-1 ​ Supply and demand for freeway space at both 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. ​ ​ Refer to Figure 5-1. Suppose that the government decides to set the money price of driving on the freeway at zero, but creates programs that encourage drivers to carpool. If the carpooling program is sufficiently successful to eliminate the shortage of freeway space at 8 a.m., graphically the result of the increase in carpooling would be a