Social Security taxes and Medicare taxes are both progressive taxes
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
FALSE
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Refer to the table above. For which of the following choices is the marginal total cost the lowest?
A) Choosing factory Close over factory Far B) Choosing factory Far over factory Very Far C) Choosing factory Very Close over factory Close D) Choosing factory Close over factory Very Far
Economists believe the most persuasive argument for protectionism is to protect infant industries. But the argument has a drawback. What is this drawback?
A) Governments are usually too impatient and do not allow protection to remain in place long enough to allow industries to be competitive in international markets. B) Protection lessens the need for firms to become productive enough to compete with foreign firms; this often results in infant industries never "growing up." C) Governments usually use tariffs, rather than quotas, to protect infant industries in order to collect tariff revenue. (Quotas do not result in government revenue). D) Governments always make the level of protection for infant industries too high.
According to the efficient markets hypothesis, purchasing the reports of financial analysts
A) is likely to increase one's returns by an average of 10%. B) is likely to increase one's returns by about 3 to 5%. C) is not likely to be an effective strategy for increasing financial returns. D) is likely to increase one's returns by an average of about 2 to 3%.
Monopolistically competitive firms face downward sloping residual demand curves because these firms
A) have relatively few rivals (compared to competition). B) sell differentiated products. C) A and/or B. D) None of the above.