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1.
Bank depositors in the United States are all financially protected against bank failure because the government insures all individuals' bank deposits. An economist argues that this insurance is partly responsible for the high rate of bank failures, since it removes from depositors any financial incentive to find out whether the bank that holds their money is secure against failure. If depositors were more selective, then banks would need to be secure in order to compete for depositors' money.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the economist's argument?
Ans.
(b)When the govenment did not insure deposits, frequent bank failures occurred as a result of depositors' fears of losing money in bank failures.
この選択肢は確かに、weakenはしていると思うのですが、ただeconomist's argumentとどう関係があるのが今ひとつわかりません。weakenするからにはfinancial incentiveについて何かしら言及してなければと思ったのですが、正解へのアプローチを教えていただけたら幸いです。
2.
Because postage rates are rising, Home decorator magazine plans to maximize its profits by reducing by one half the number of issues it publishes each year. The quality of articles, the number of articles published per year, and the subscription price will not change. Market research shows that neither subscribers nor advertisers will be lost if the magazine's plan is instituted.
Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest evidence that the magazine's profits are likely to decline if the plan is instituted?
Ans.
(d) Most of the advertisers that purchase advertising space in the magazine will continue to spend the same amount on advertising per issue as they have in the past
my choice
(a)
With the new postage rates, a typical issue under the proposed plan would cost about one-third more to mail than a typical current issue would.
この問題に対しては、profitがdeclineするという方向性で正解を探してみたのですが、dは収入が確保できるという意味で解釈したのではずしたのですが、これが正解でした。逆に、選んだaではコストが上がるとあるので、単純にこれを選んだのですが不正解でした。
CRで点数を落としたくないのでよろしくお願いします。
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