Rising levels of output per capita could be caused by a. Higher depreciation rates. b. Lower savings rates. c. Lower investment. d. Higher savings rates.

d. Higher savings rates.

Explanation:

Rising levels of output per capital could be caused by higher saving rate. On the long-run, when the saving rate in an economy is high, there will be more money for capital investments which will result in an increased productivity, that is increased output per capital. Banks will have more money to loan out to firms for huge capital investment which will result in increased productivity.

On the contrary, lower saving rate will result in unavailability of funds for capital investments which can propel economic growth and thus reduce output per capital in the long-run.

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agreeableness is a personality trait manifesting itself in individual behavioral characteristics that are perceived as kind, sympathetic, cooperative, warm, and considerate.

the earth’s crust is broken into separate pieces called tectonic plates (fig. 7.14). recall that the crust is the solid, rocky, outer shell of the planet. it is composed of two distinctly different types of material: the less-dense continental crust and the more-dense oceanic crust. both types of crust rest atop solid, upper mantle material. the upper mantle, in turn, floats on a denser layer of lower mantle that is much like thick molten tar.

each tectonic plate is free-floating and can move independently. earthquakes and volcanoes are the direct result of the movement of tectonic plates at fault lines. the term fault is used to describe the boundary between tectonic plates. most of the earthquakes and volcanoes around the pacific ocean basin—a pattern known as the “ring of fire”—are due to the movement of tectonic plates in this region. other observable results of short-term plate movement include the gradual widening of the great rift lakes in eastern africa and the rising of the himalayan mountain range. the motion of plates can be described in four general patterns:

collision: when two continental plates are shoved together

subduction: when one plate plunges beneath another (fig. 7.15)

spreading: when two plates are pushed apart (fig. 7.15)

transform faulting: when two plates slide past each other (fig. 7.15)