Which of the following explains why pork-barrel spending is often approved, even when the spending is inefficient?
What will be an ideal response?
a. Each representative has little incentive to oppose pork-barrel spending since the tax savings would accrue to taxpayers throughout the nation.
b. General opposition to pork-barrel spending by a legislator would make it more difficult for the legislator to arrange for pork-barrel projects that provide concentrated benefits for his district.
c. Logrolling increases the likelihood that pork-barrel projects will be approved.
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Marginal tax rates and average tax rates are rarely the same. What happens to the relationship between marginal tax rates and average tax rates as incomes rise in the highest tax brackets?
What will be an ideal response?
Real income per person was the same until:
A. the 1800s, when the Industrial Revolution caused it to grow. B. the 1500s, when the Renaissance caused it to grow. C. the 1900s, when wireless technology caused it to grow. D. Real income per person has been roughly the same for the last three centuries.
A natural monopoly is likely to arise when:
a. the government restricts entry through licensing b. patents provide protection of intellectual property. c. economies of scale exist over the relevant range of demand. d. a firm controls a crucial input to production.
From an economists' perspective, which of the following observations is not true? a. Self-interest is purely monetary in nature
b. Self-interest can include benevolence. c. Self-interest is a good predictor of human behavior in most situations. d. Self-interest is not the same as selfishness.