A tax system under which an individual pays a higher fraction of his income in taxes at higher levels of income is formally described as
A. digressive.
B. progressive.
C. proportional.
D. regressive.
Answer: B
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If the demand curve for tacos is a downward sloping straight line, at which of the following prices is the demand the most elastic?
A) a price of $0.50 per taco B) a price of $1.00 per taco C) a price of $1.50 per taco D) There is not enough information given to determine at which price the demand is most elastic.
Sulfur Dioxide Discharged (Tons)Firm AFirm B10$8,000$9,000910,00012,000815,00018,000720,00027,000628,00037,000Table 16.3Table 16.3 shows the production cost for two utilities at different levels of sulfur dioxide emissions. Assume that the government issued 8 marketable pollution permits to each firm and that Firm A has sold one permit to Firm B. If Firm B wants to purchase a second permit to be able to discharge 10 tons of sulfur dioxide, what is Firm B's willingness to pay?
A. $2,000 B. $3,000 C. $5,000 D. $9,000
Keynesian analysis stresses that a tax cut that increases the government's budget deficit (or reduces its budget surplus)
a. is appropriate during a period of inflation. b. will increase the money supply. c. will stimulate aggregate supply and, thereby, promote employment. d. will stimulate aggregate demand and, thereby, promote employment.
Relative to a mobile factor of production, economic theory suggests that the price elasticity of supply for a highly immobile factor of production (for example, land) will be
a. more elastic. b. less elastic. c. of unitary elasticity. d. this is a trick question; the price elasticity of supply for factors of production is not affected by factor mobility.