To the extent that high incomes can be attributed to very high demand for very scarce abilities, the labor supply effects of a substantial increase in the tax rate
a. will be zero as long as the labor supply curve is vertical.
b. will be significant because the demand curve is fixed.
c. cannot be predicted because the substitution and income effects offset each other.
d. will be zero as long as there is no economic rent in the income.
a
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Game theory shows that
A) sometimes pursuing profit maximization will not yield the highest joint profit. B) interdependencies between firms have to be taken into account when few firms dominate the market. C) in an oligopolistic market, firms are likely to collude. D) All of the above.
Use the above figure. Refer to the above diagram where curves (a) through (d) are for four different countries. Income is third most unequally distributed in
A) Country A. B) Country B. C) Country C. D) Country D.
Ceteris paribus, the greater the foreign holdings of the U.S. treasury securities:
a. the lower the value of the U.S. dollar in the foreign exchange market. b. the higher the interest rate in the U.S. c. the greater the level of U.S. imports. d. the lower the wealth of the U.S. citizens. e. the lower the tax rate in the U.S. economy.
A non-binding price ceiling i. causes a surplus. ii. causes a shortage. iii. is set at a price above the equilibrium price. iv. is set at a price below the equilibrium price
a. (i) only b. (iii) only c. (i) and (iii) only d. (ii) and (iv) only