The percentage of people employed aged 16 years and older divided by the working-age population is known as the
A) employment rate.
B) employment-to-population ratio.
C) labor force participation rate.
D) working-age population ratio.
B
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A. recessionary; lower; potential B. expansionary; lower; potential C. expansionary; higher; potential D. recessionary; lower; lower
When the government charges an output tax to eliminate an externality, it forces the manufacturer to ________ the negative externality
A) charge customers for B) internalize C) stop producing D) increase the production of
Federally provided agricultural subsidies in the United States have ________ with the passage of the 2002 Farm Security Act and the 2007 Food, Security, and Bioenergy Act
A) been abolished B) been maintained C) increased to the level of EU price supports D) been made a function of tax revenues
A nation's country-risk premium increases if:
a. Central bank policies become more predictable. b. Large corporations, on average, increase their debt-to-equity ratios, thereby making their operations more volatile. c. Expected inflation becomes harder to predict. d. The average maturity structure in the nation rises. e. Its government becomes more stable.