A tax levied on the purchase of a specific good or service is

A) an excise tax.
B) a consumption tax.
C) a purchase tax.
D) a value tax.


A

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A) silver standard. B) fixed exchange rate system. C) managed float exchange rate system. D) gold standard.

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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For a monopolist, the market demand curve:

A. is equal to the monopolist's MR curve. B. is not important, since the monopolist is the only producer. C. must be horizontal. D. is also the demand for the monopolist's product.

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In the taste-for-discrimination model:

A. discriminatory employers behave as if employing nonpreferred-race workers adds to costs. B. individual workers are judged by the characteristics of the groups to which they belong. C. prejudiced white employers will never hire African-American workers. D. women and minorities are confined to a limited number of occupations.

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