What is a carbon tax?
A. A policy that implements a higher tax on gasoline and other fossil fuels to curb their use.
B. A policy that requires industries to pay taxes on emissions that go beyond an established yearly quota.
C. A tax placed on oil companies to fund the development of renewable energy sources.
D. A proposed plan to monitor the carbon emissions of individual households, much like electricity meters, and adjust property taxes higher with higher emissions.
A. A policy that implements a higher tax on gasoline and other fossil fuels to curb their use.
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The argument that international agreements are endogenous implies that:
a. A high level of compliance with those agreements is not evidence that they are effective. b. International agreements can never be meaningful. c. States will never comply with their commitments. d. International agreements can never alter states’ behavior.
Almost every major, domestic federal agency in the U.S. has some sort of international office today because __________
a. members of Congress and recent presidents have been committed to this project of internationalization, often relying on hard power in this vein b. even seemingly purely domestic matters, such as agriculture and national commerce, have been internationalized as a result of economic interdependence and the information revolution c. transnational business groups opposed these offices but were too weak to mount any successful opposition d. such presence is mandated by law in nearly every case
Loose groupings of people and organizations that seek to influence policy are called
a. government corporations. b. government enterprises. c. iron triangles. d. issue networks. e. organizational cultures.
Before it could take effect, the Constitution had to be ratified by __________ states
A) 8 B) 10 C) 9 D) all E) 13