The payroll tax rate is 12.4% on an amount of income adjusted annually for inflation called the wage base (e.g., $97,500 for the year 2007). Half of the tax is withheld from the employee's pay with the other half being paid by the employer
How might this tax be viewed as regressive?
The argument is that after the cutoff point the average tax rate will actually become smaller with increases in income.
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The transactions demand for money is the demand to hold money to
A) make regular, expected purchases. B) purchase bonds when interest rates increase. C) store one's wealth. D) meet unplanned expenditures.
Suppose that you lend $5,000 to a friend who pays you back $5,400 the next year. Suppose that prices that year rose by six percent and the real rate of return in the stock market was five percent
Your friend says that he or she was being more than fair by giving you more than the rate of inflation as a return. What do you think?
Is the "international adjustment mechanism" for fixed and flexible exchange rates the same? Discuss briefly
What will be an ideal response?
How might a restaurant manager use the concept of diminishing marginal utility to increase sales to her regular dinner customers?
a. She could expand the variety of options available at each price point on the dinner menu. b. She could increase portion size without raising the price of the dinner menu items. c. She could offer premium versions of dinner menu items to make the regular items seem more affordable. d. She could offer a discount on dessert only to people who order dinner.