If the tax increases as the tax base increases, the tax is said to be

a. proportional.
b. regressive.
c. digressive.
d. progressive.


d. progressive.

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The figure above shows the market for polio vaccination in Africa

a) If the market is competitive and left unregulated, how many doses of vaccine will be administered? b) If the Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation underwrites the cost of the vaccine by paying for a large fraction of the preparation and delivery cost, what will happen to the number of doses administered? Why?

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Is monopolistic competition efficient?

What will be an ideal response?

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The phrase "price-taker" means

A) that market price is independent of the output of a single firm. B) each firm faces a perfectly elastic demand curve. C) that price and marginal revenue are the same. D) all of these choices.

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