Governments can use price elasticity of demand to estimate how changes in excise tax rates will affect
a. income
b. prices
c. tax revenues
d. government spending
e. profits
C
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If the price of chicken rises from $1.25 per pound to $1.75 per pound, if the demand curve is consistent with the law of demand, then the quantity of chicken demanded would be predicted to go from
A. 100 pounds to 125 pounds per day. B. 100 pounds to 75 pounds per day. C. 100 pounds to 100 pounds per day, because the price of chicken does not affect the quantity demanded. D. 100 pounds to 0 pounds per day, because consumers would stop purchasing chicken at a price above $1.25 per pound.
The percentage change in per capita real GDP measures economic growth because it takes into account all of the following variables EXCEPT
A) the percentage change in population. B) the percentage change in nominal GDP. C) the percentage change in the quality of life. D) the percentage change in the inflation rates.
What is the reason behind the popularity of auctions among consumers?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Title VI of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments specifically addressed the problem of tropospheric ozone. 2. To help the U.S. achieve its objectives to control ozone depletion, an escalating excise tax was levied on the production of ozone-depleting substances. 3. According to the Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) of the phaseout plan for ozone-depleting substances, the associated costs exceedthe expected benefits. 4. As the effective price of ozone-depleting substances rises due to the excise tax, the demand for substitute substances increases. 5. As a consequence of actions under the Montreal Protocol, the ozone depletion problem has been eliminated.