What effect would taxation have on real consumption spending when government spending is autonomous?
A) Taxation reduces real consumption spending.
B) Taxation increases real consumption spending.
C) Taxation causes both real consumption spending and planned real saving to increase.
D) None of the above is correct.
Answer: A) Taxation reduces real consumption spending.
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a. the percentage change in quantity demanded is less than the percentage change in price. b. the percentage change in quantity demanded is greater than the percentage change in price. c. demand is inelastic. d. the consumer is operating along a linear demand curve at a point at which the price is very low and the quantity demanded is very high.
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A. 15. B. 10. C. 20. D. 30.
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A) fixed capital; variable labor B) variable labor; fixed capital C) variable capital; fixed labor D) fixed labor; variable capital