Adam Smith believed that the goal of economic activity is to amass wealth in the form of gold, and that this could best be accomplished through government carefully using tariffs and quotas to fashion favorable terms of trade with its trading partners
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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A graph that shows how the amount of advertising expenditure differs among various industries can be shown
A) by a trend-section graph. B) by a scatter diagram. C) by a time-series graph. D) as a trend. E) by a cross-section graph.
After implementation of the Single European Act, value added taxes in the EU were
A) completely harmonized. B) unchanged. C) partially harmonized with minimum and maximum permissible values set by the EU. D) eliminated except on a few items in each country. E) cut in half in order to increase the role of corporate taxes.
If a manager of a firm believes one of their firm's suppliers is engaged in cartel activity, the manager ________ an incentive to report the behavior because they can ________.
A) has; have to pay whistle -blower fees B) does not have; receive treble damages C) has; receive treble damages D) does not have; have to pay whistle-blower fees
Refer to the figure. If more criminals are in the mix of potential immigrants, how will this affect the optimal quantity of immigrants?
A. It will increase MC and reduce the optimal quantity.
B. It will increase MC and raise the optimal quantity.
C. It will lower MC and raise the optimal quantity.
D. It will lower MC and reduce the optimal quantity.