According to the ability-to-pay principle, taxes should be levied on a person according to his or her ability to bear that tax burden

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


True

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A) a 5 percent coupon bond with a price of $600 B) a 5 percent coupon bond with a price of $800 C) a 5 percent coupon bond with a price of $1,000 D) a 5 percent coupon bond with a price of $1,200

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If in the past Congress had taken additional actions to make saving more rewarding, then today it is likely that the equilibrium interest rate

a. and the equilibrium quantity of loanable funds both would be lower. b. and the equilibrium quantity of loanable funds both would be higher. c. would be higher and the equilibrium quantity of loanable funds would be lower. d. would be lower and the equilibrium quantity of loanable funds would be higher.

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Instrumental variables requires that the variable not be correlated with the outcome variable.

A. True B. False C. Uncertain

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Suppose your economics professor has an extra copy of textbook that he or she would like to give to a student in the class. Which of the following schemes is the most likely to result in an efficient outcome?

A. Auctioning off the textbook to the highest bidder. B. Letting students take turns using the textbook. C. Randomly selecting one student to receive the textbook. D. Giving the textbook to the student who has the lowest midterm score.

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