A sales tax is
A. a tax assessed on the prices paid for numerous goods and services.
B. a tax assessed on a public good.
C. the total tax base.
D. a tax assessed on personal income.
Answer: A
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During a recession, the percentage workers who are part time for economic reasons
A) increases more rapidly than the percentage of part-time workers. B) decreases more rapidly than the percentage of part-time workers. C) increases proportionately with the percentage of part-time workers. D) decreases proportionately to the percentage of part-time workers. E) does not change even though the percentage of part-time workers increases.
If a monopolist produces to a point at which marginal revenue is more than marginal cost then
A) the firm should increase output. B) the firm should reduce output. C) the firm is maximizing profits. D) we do not know if the firm should increase or reduce without more information.
Which of the following is false?
a. If people can anticipate the plans of policy makers and alter their behavior quickly, their behavior could neutralize the intended impact of government action on real GDP. b. The theory of rational expectations leads to optimistic conclusions regarding macroeconomic policy's ability to achieve its intended economic goals. c. Rational expectation economists believe that wages and prices are flexible, and that workers and consumers incorporate the likely consequences of government policy changes quickly into their expectations. d. Catching consumers and businessmen off-guard with macroeconomic policy changes gets harder the more you try to do it.
List the factors that might influence a country's exports, imports, and trade balance