清华大学经济学第二学位【经济学原理】作业.docx

经济学原理（双学位）Homework 1 Supplemental Questions (Multiple-choice questions if marked with a-d, otherwise True/False questions.) (For chapter 1) With careful planning, we can usually get something that we like without having to give up something else that we like. FALSE, because people face trade-offs according to Principle #1. ——‘Principles of Economics’ Page 4 (For chapter 2) 2. In the early 19th century, the Russian government sent doctors to southern Russian villages to provide assistance during a cholera epidemic. The villagers noticed that wherever doctors appeared, people died. Therefore, many doctors were chased away from villages, and some were even killed. This reaction to the correlation between doctors and deaths is most likely a problem of a. omitted variables. b. reverse causality. c. government propaganda. medical incompetence. B, maybe the conclusion is gained from the reality or graph which shows that villages with more doctors are more dangerous, yet the reality or graph does not doctors cause deaths or deaths cause more concentrations of doctors. ——‘Principles of Economics’ Page 52 (For chapter 3) 3. Ben bakes bread and Shawna knits sweaters. Ben likes to eat bread and wear sweaters, and the same is true for Shawna. In which of the following cases is it impossible for both Ben and Shawna to benefit from trade? a. Ben cannot knit sweaters and Shawna cannot bake bread. b. Ben is better than Shawna at baking bread and Shawna is better than Ben at knitting sweaters. c. Ben is better than Shawna at baking bread and at knitting sweaters. d. None of the above is correct. D, which is according to COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE. ——‘Principles of Economics’ Page 63 (For chapter 4) Whenever a determinant of the quantity demanded changes, other than price, the demand curve shifts. TRUE, whenever any determinant of the quantity of demand changes, other than the good’s price, the demand curve shifts. ——‘Principles of Economics’ Page 69 5． 1838年，美国陆军被指派将印第安人从美国东部转移到