Taxes that governments place on imported goods for reasons such as protecting sensitive industries, influencing humanitarian practices, and protecting against dumping are called ____________.

a. tariffs
b. penalties
c. restrictions
d. limits


a. tariffs

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following is a property of a typical indifference curve?

a. upward sloping b. bowed away from the origin c. does not intersect another indifference curve d. a higher one is preferred to a lower one

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If a person predicts that a cut in income tax rates will decrease income tax revenues, he or she implicitly assumes that the percentage __________ in the tax base will be __________ the percentage cut in the tax rate

A) rise; less than B) rise; greater than C) rise; equal to D) fall; equal to E) none of the above

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Human capital can be increased through

A) investment in new technology. B) decreases in population. C) investment in new machinery. D) education, on-the-job training, and work experience. E) increasing the nation's production of consumption goods.

Economics