A tax of $5 per airplane ticket is _____
a. a unit tax
b. an ad valorem tax
c. an income tax
d. a value-added tax
a
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Which statement best characterizes the classical economists' view of saving and investment?
A) Saving exceeds investment. B) Saving is less than investment. C) Saving equals investment. D) Saving and investment are not related to one another.
Suppose that a new customer opens a checking account and a saving account, placing $50,000 in each. Later, the bank makes a loan of $100,000 to a business firm. For this bank
A) assets increased by $100,000 because the loan is an asset, and liabilities increased by $100,000 because the checking and saving accounts are liabilities. B) assets increased by $100,000 because the checking and saving accounts are assets, and liabilities increased by $100,000 because the loan is a liability. C) assets increased by $50,000 because the saving account is an asset, while liabilities increased by $50,000 because the checking account is a liability. D) assets remained unchanged but liabilities increased by $100,000 because of the loan.
A study of the per capita consumption of gasoline: in 10 countries demonstrates that:
A. the consumption of gasoline does not appear to be related to the price of gasoline. B. higher gasoline prices reduce consumption in some of those countries, but not in others. C. higher gasoline prices do result in lower consumption of gasoline. D. higher gasoline prices actually increase the consumption of gasoline.
When the housing bubble popped, the effect of the negative demand side shock and the negative supply side shock were the same on:
A. output, causing it to definitely decrease. B. prices, causing them to definitely rise. C. output, causing it to definitely increase. D. prices, causing them to definitely fall.