A tax is regressive if it collects a:
A. larger amount as income rises.
B. constant amount as income rises.
C. smaller fraction of income as income falls.
D. smaller fraction of income as income rises.
Answer: D
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A. D; an expansionary B. B; no output C. B; expansionary D. A; a recessionary
In the figure above, which of the following transactions take place in the factor markets?
i. Michael, a student, orders a computer from Dell online. ii. Peter gets a job at a Wal-Mart store. iii. Apple Computer opens a new store in Georgia A) ii and iii B) only i C) only ii D) only iii E) i and ii
Which of the following shifts the demand curve for oranges?
A) disastrous weather that destroys about half of this year's orange crop B) a decrease in the price of a pound of bananas, a substitute in consumption for oranges C) an increase in the price of the fuel used to transport oranges to supermarkets D) great weather that produces a bumper orange crop this year
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