Suppose fairness is defined as those who receive the greatest benefits from government should pay the most in taxes, then which of the following taxation systems would be consistent with this notion of fairness?
a. User fees for national parks.
b. Gasoline taxes to fund highway maintenance.
c. A tax on the poor to finance food stamps and other low-income assistance programs.
d. All of the above are consistent.
d
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Player 1 and Player 2 are playing a game in which Player 1 has the first move at A in the decision tree shown below. Once Player 1 has chosen either Up or Down, Player 2, who can see what Player 1 has chosen, must choose Up or Down at B or C. Both players know the payoffs at the end of each branch. 
If Player 2 could make a credible commitment to choose either Up or Down when his or her turn came, then what would Player 2 do?
A. Player 2 would commit to choosing Down. B. Player 2 would commit to choosing Up. C. Player 2 would not commit to choosing either strategy. D. Player 2 would commit to mimicking Player 1's strategy.
Refer to Figure 12-5. The figure shows the cost structure of a firm in a perfectly competitive market. If the firm's fixed cost increases by $1,000 due to a new environmental regulation, what happens to its profit-maximizing output level?
A) It remains the same. B) It decreases. C) It increases. D) It could increase, decrease, or remain constant, depending on whether the firm is able to cut costs somewhere else.
A price index number
a. is really a percentage. b. indicates the extent of change in prices over some period of time. c. is always greater than 100 if prices have risen during the period in question. d. All of these.
Positive statements are
a. prescriptive. b. claims about how the world should be. c. claims about how the world is. d. made by economists speaking as policy advisers.