If a tax is efficient, it will necessarily be equitable.

A. True
B. False
C. Uncertain


B. False

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GDP is used in an attempt to

A) calculate the profitability of a country. B) measure the economic performance of a country. C) determine the overall well-being of a country. D) figure out the prices of all goods and services exchanged in the legal economy. E) guide entrepreneurs toward more profitable investment decisions.

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Economists have long debated whether there is a significant loss of well-being to society in markets that are monopolistically competitive rather than perfectly competitive

Which of the following offers the best reason why some economists believe that monopolistically competitive markets are less efficient than perfectly competitive markets? A) In contrast to perfectly competitive markets, firms in monopolistically competitive markets can charge a price greater than average total cost in the short run. B) In contrast to perfectly competitive markets, firms in monopolistically competitive markets do not produce where price equals average total cost in long-run equilibrium. C) In contrast to perfectly competitive markets, neither allocative efficiency nor productive efficiency are achieved in monopolistically competitive markets. D) In contrast to perfectly competitive markets, firms in monopolistically competitive markets earn economic profits in long-run equilibrium.

Economics

Please draw a figure illustrating the actions the central bank must take to maintain a fixed exchange rate following an increase in output

What will be an ideal response?

Economics

The amount of borrowed reserves is ________ related to the discount rate, and is ________ related to the market interest rate

A) negatively; negatively B) negatively; positively C) positively; negatively D) positively; positively

Economics