Individual transferable quotas are limited in their effectiveness because:

A. they are only enforceable within 200 miles of a nation's shores.
B. government, rather than the market, sets their price.
C. they encourage wasteful spending by fishers in ITQ areas.
D. they are not tradable.


Answer: A

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Which of the following events would produce an upward shift in the consumption function, other things being equal?

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The U.S. individual income tax is designed to be

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