The most efficient way to get firms to reduce pollution is to
A) set uniform emission standards and require all firms to meet the standards.
B) make the worst polluters shut down and go out of business.
C) make them pay for the social costs of production and let them decide how to respond to the higher costs.
D) provide firms and consumers with the information about the effects of their actions and encourage them to behave responsibly.
Answer: C
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According to this Application, in the year 2075, the portion of GDP devoted to spending on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid is expected to be
A) significantly less than the share of GDP devoted to these programs today. B) roughly equal to the total amount of GDP today. C) greater than the consumption spending component's share of GDP in 2075. D) larger than total federal spending's share of GDP today.
Stadiums and arenas built for use by professional sports teams are often paid for by local governments using tax dollars
What kind of goods are these stadiums and arenas, and why would government use tax dollars to pay for them when the professional sports franchises that use them are generally quite successful, financially?
If an individual's supply of labor curve is "backward bending," (that is, labor supply falls at high wage rates) then:
a. the substitution effect always dominates the income effect. b. the income effect always dominates the substitution effect. c. the substitution effect dominates at low real wage levels and the income effect dominates at high real wage levels. d. the income effect dominates at low real wage levels and the substitution effect dominates at high real wage levels.
What is deadweight loss?
a. It is the amount of surplus that consumers lose due to monopoly. b. It is the amount of surplus that producers lose due to perfect competition. c. It is the amount of surplus which is completely lost to society due to monopoly. d. It is the amount of surplus which was earned by consumers under perfect competition and is transferred to producers due to monopoly.