Tariffs are different from quotas because they
a. increase government revenue.
b. increase profits.
c. increase the quantity traded.
d. place all the burden on foreigners.
a
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In the specific factors model, which of the following will increase the quantity of labor used in cloth production?
A) an increase in the price of cloth relative to that of food B) an increase in the price of food relative to that of cloth C) a decrease in the price of labor D) an equal percentage decrease in the price of food and cloth E) an equal percentage increase in the price of food and cloth
The rationality assumption says that
A) people do not intentionally make decisions that would leave them worse off. B) people never make decisions that would leave them worse off. C) people do not respond to incentives since incentives require scarce resources. D) all economic analysis must be normative.
To measure the fit of the probit model, you should:
A) use the regression R2. B) plot the predicted values and see how closely they match the actuals. C) use the log of the likelihood function and compare it to the value of the likelihood function. D) use the fraction correctly predicted or the pseudo R2.
Personal income taxes
a. make recessions and inflationary episodes more severe b. make recessions and inflationary episodes less severe c. make recessions more severe and inflationary episodes less severe d. make recessions less severe and inflationary episodes more severe e. have no effect on the severity of recessions and inflationary episodes