Consider the following examples. For each one, say whether the incentive is positive or negative.

a. Bosses who offer time-and-a-half for working on national holidays.

Consider the following examples. For each one, say whether the incentive is positive or negative.

c. Fines for littering.

You are looking for a new apartment in Manhattan. Your income is $\$ 4,000$ per month, and you know that you should not spend more than 25 percent of your income on rent. You have come across the listings for one-bedroom apartments shown in Table 1P-1. You are indifferent about location, and transportation costs are the same to each neighborhood.

b. Suppose that you adhere to the 25 percent guideline but also receive a $\$ 1,000$ cost-of-living supplement because you are living and working in Manhattan. Which apartments fall within your budget now?

You are looking for a new apartment in Manhattan. Your income is $\$ 4,000$ per month, and you know that you should not spend more than 25 percent of your income on rent. You have come across the listings for one-bedroom apartments shown in Table 1P-1. You are indifferent about location, and transportation costs are the same to each neighborhood.

a. Which apartments fall within your budget? (Check all that apply.)

The normal unemployment rate around which the actual unemployment rate fluctuates is known as which of the following? A. frictional unemployment rate B. structural unemployment rate C. cyclical unemployment rate D. natural rate of unemployment E. maximum unemployment rate

Determine whether each of the following statements is positive or normative. (Remember that a positive statement isn't necessarily correct; it just makes a factual claim rather than a moral judgment.)

f. Lower taxes are good for the country.

Determine whether each of the following statements is positive or normative. (Remember that a positive statement isn't necessarily correct; it just makes a factual claim rather than a moral judgment.)

e. China's One-Child Policy (which limits families to one child each) helped to spur the country's rapid economic growth.

Determine whether each of the following statements is positive or normative. (Remember that a positive statement isn't necessarily correct; it just makes a factual claim rather than a moral judgment.)

d. China has a bigger population than any other country in the world.

Determine whether each of the following statements is positive or normative. (Remember that a positive statement isn't necessarily correct; it just makes a factual claim rather than a moral judgment.)

c. Everyone should pay his or her bills on time.

Determine whether each of the following statements is positive or normative. (Remember that a positive statement isn't necessarily correct; it just makes a factual claim rather than a moral judgment.)

b. Hard work is a virtue.

Determine whether each of the following statements is positive or normative. (Remember that a positive statement isn't necessarily correct; it just makes a factual claim rather than a moral judgment.)

a. People who pay their bills on time are less likely than others to get into debt.

For each of the pairs below, determine whether they are positively correlated, negatively correlated, or uncorrelated.

d. Income and education.

For each of the pairs below, determine whether they are positively correlated, negatively correlated, or uncorrelated.

c. Soft drink preference and music preference.

For each of the pairs below, determine whether they are positively correlated, negatively correlated, or uncorrelated.

a. Time spent studying and test scores.