A zero marginal tax rate in welfare programs will make everyone eligible for welfare benefits.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
A marginal tax rate of zero in welfare programs causes too many people to be eligible to receive benefits, and they could work and earn lots more while not being forced to give up their benefits.
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Refer to Figure 17-3. The shifts shown in the short-run and long-run Phillips curves between period 1 and period 2 could be explained by
A) an increase in the natural rate of unemployment from 5.5 to 6.8 percent. B) an increase in the expected inflation rate from 4.0 to 5.5 percent. C) either an increase in expected inflation from 4.0 to 5.5 percent or an increase in the natural rate of unemployment from 5.5 to 6.8 percent. D) None of the above is correct.
The most plausible way to produce a continuous increase in the standard of living within the Solow growth model is to assume
A) continuous technological improvement. B) a positive rate of population growth. C) a zero rate of depreciation. D) continuous increases in the national saving rate. E) continuous growth in the capital stock.
Suppose an employer has monitoring devices established so that the probability of an employee being caught while shirking is 0.2. If the gain to the employee from shirking is $1,000, how large a bond will deter shirking?
What will be an ideal response?
The marginal factor cost of a monopsonist is
A) upward sloping and the same as the supply curve. B) downward sloping when the supply curve of labor is upward sloping. C) upward sloping and rises faster than the supply curve. D) horizontal.