Which of the following is NOT related to the government's political function of income redistribution?
A) providing money transfer payments
B) excise tax on gasoline
C) Social Security
D) in-kind transfers
B
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The price level is:
A. a measure of overall prices at a particular point in time. B. the price of a specific good in comparison to the prices of other goods and services. C. the percentage change in a price index such as the CPI. D. the rate of inflation.
If the quantity supplied of money exceeds the quantity demanded of money, people will ________ bonds which will cause bond prices to ________ and the nominal interest rate to ________ until the quantity demanded and quantity supplied of money are equal.
A. sell; fall; fall B. sell; rise; fall C. buy; fall; rise D. buy; rise; fall
During the 1990s, Canada had an average inflation rate of 1.5 percent while Columbia had an average inflation rate of 21.5 percent. You would expect that nominal interest rates in Canada are
A) unpredictably different from nominal interest rates in Columbia. B) greater than nominal interest rates in Columbia. C) less than nominal interest rates in Columbia. D) not comparable to nominal interest rates in Columbia. E) equal to nominal interest rates in Columbia.
When a positive externality exists in a market, total surplus:
A. is decreased by deadweight loss compared to that same market without a negative externality. B. is the same as a market without a negative externality. C. is increased by deadweight gain compared to that same market without a negative externality. D. is the same but re-distributed differently than if that same market did not have a negative externality.