Since cost-benefit analysis is focused on benefits produced, it places little importance on ______.
A. efficiency
B. social desirability
C. aesthetic values
D. incremental costs
A. efficiency
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Which type of law is known as a set of rules that have been created by judges in the course of rendering decisions on court cases?
a. Common b. Administrative c. Statutory d. Injunctive e. Bureaucratic
When the term Faustian bargain is applied in the text's discussion of the oil and natural gas industries, it refers to the idea that _____
a. the price of oil in a technical, short-term sense is low, but the price in a broad, difficult-to-define, long-term environmental sense is high b. the state must make tradeoffs between the oil industry and the natural gas industry c. the state must plan to transition to other industries as it runs out of oil and natural gas d. the state's tax structure overrelies on taxes from the oil and natural gas industries e. all of these
What is the difference between a veto and a pocket veto?
A) Congress has no opportunity to override a pocket veto. B) Congress must wait until the beginning of the next session to override a pocket veto. C) An override for a pocket veto only requires the support of one-half of the House and Senate. D) An override for a pocket veto requires a unanimous vote from both the House and the Senate. E) Pocket vetoes are more common than regular vetoes.
Elections may point to what voters generally think of a candidate overall but __________
A) rarely focus on specific issues B) are usually unreliable C) rarely actually focus on general issues D) tend to be poorly administered