Ceteris paribus, if the demand for gasoline is relatively inelastic, and the government decides to place a tax on it, there should be a relatively ________ price hike to eliminate the excess ________ caused by the tax.
A. large; supply
B. large; demand
C. small; supply
D. small; demand
Answer: B
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Suppose that your marginal federal income tax rate is 30%, the sum of your marginal state and local tax rates is 5%, and the yield on thirty-year U.S. Treasury bonds is 10%
You would be indifferent between buying a thirty-year Treasury bond and buying a thirty-year municipal bond issued within your state (ignoring differences in liquidity, risk, and costs of information) if the municipal bond has a yield of A) 6.5%. B) 7.0%. C) 9.5%. D) 10.0%.
Unit excise taxes imposed on gasoline, alcohol, and cigarettes are
A) largely paid by the producers because they want to maintain their level of sales. B) largely paid by consumers because they are not very responsive to price changes. C) shared equally between the producer and the consumer. D) paid by the wholesalers of these products.
Consider a consumer who spends all income on only two goods: pizza and soda. An extra slice of pizza would give the consumer 60 extra utils, while an extra can of soda would give the consumer 20 extra utils. Pizza costs $3 per slice, and soda costs $1 per can. In this situation, the consumer:
a. is buying too much pizza and not enough soda. b. should purchase more pizza and less soda. c. has maximized his or her total utility. d. needs to equate the marginal utilities for pizza and soda.
A perfectly competitive firm's ________ point is the lowest point on its AVC curve.
A. break-even B. loss-maximizing C. shut down D. profit-maximizing