The demand for a product X is highly inelastic and the supply of product X is highly elastic. The burden of an excise tax on product X will be borne ___________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Ans: primarily by the buyers of product X
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A) -20 percent. B) -33 percent. C) -50 percent. D) -60 percent.
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(a) enabled small savers to buy shares in a diversified portfolio of investments. (b) accepted and managed checkable deposits. (c) provided a broad range of financial services. (d) relied on a federal safety fund in times of well spread crisis.
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System has
A) 12 members appointed by the president of the United States. B) seven members appointed by the president of the United States. C) seven members appointed to life terms. D) seven members elected by the public. E) 12 members elected by the public.
A government budget deficit will have a:
a. positive effect on public saving causing a rightward shift in the supply of loanable funds. b. positive effect on public saving causing a leftward shift in the supply of loanable funds. c. negative effect on public saving causing a rightward shift in the supply of loanable funds. d. negative effect on public saving causing a leftward shift in the supply of loanable funds.