Researchers have found that tax increases may have a small effect in the quantity purchased because
A) individuals might forget about the tax (salience).
B) individuals are rational.
C) individuals are credit constrained.
D) individuals do not care about prices.
A
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Pesticide reregistration refers to a reevaluation of a previously licensed pesticide that is already on the market. 2. The primary goal of the Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (PESP) is to regulate pesticide use. 3. FIFRA rulings require that no pesticide be sold or distributed unless it has been registered with the EPA. 4. The incremental benefits of pesticide use can be modeled as the change in consumer and producer surplus associated with an increase in the demand for an agricultural crop. 5. The first TSCA inventory was published in the 1970s.
To the extent that current profits are directly related to future profits, a high price/earnings ratio would indicate that stocks are
a. inexpensive. b. expensive. c. going to increase in value in the future. d. most likely to fall in value if interest rates decline.
In the benchmark competitive case, the firm will expand the hiring of employees until the marginal revenue product is
A. equal to the market wage rate. B. greater than the market wage rate. C. the square of the market wage rate. D. less than the market wage rate.
When the price elasticity of demand is large in magnitude, a _____ increase in the price leads to a _____ reduction in the amount purchased and the demand curve is relatively ____.
A. slight; substantial; steep B. slight; slight; flat C. large; slight; steep D. slight; substantial; flat