Sales taxes, property taxes, and value-added taxes are examples of indirect taxes

a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false


True

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The short-run aggregate supply curve is vertical when inflation is predicted accurately.

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

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Is a single-price monopoly efficient?

A) Yes, because it creates a deadweight loss. B) No, because it creates a deadweight loss. C) Yes, because consumers gain and producers lose some of their surpluses. D) Yes, because consumers lose and producers gain some of their surpluses. E) Yes, because it produces the quantity at which MR = MC.

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A minimum wage policy is an example of a ________

A) price ceiling B) price floor C) positive externality D) negative externality

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In reference to the long-run firm competitive equilibrium diagram, which of the following statements is INCORRECT?

A) In the long run, the firm has no incentive to alter its scale of operations. B) Because profits must be zero in the long run, the firm's short-run average costs (SAC) must equal P at Qe, which occurs at minimum SAC. C) In the long run, the firm operates where price, marginal revenue, marginal cost, short-run minimum average cost, and long-run minimum average cost all are equal. D) In the long run, this firm must be part of a constant-cost industry, because its marginal revenue curve is perfectly elastic.

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