The largest share of federal government tax receipts is derived from
A) corporate income taxes.
B) excise taxes.
C) social insurance contributions.
D) individual income taxes.
Ques. 2Suppose that goods X and Y are substitutes and the price of good Y falls. We would then expect
A) the quantity of good Y demanded to increase and the demand for good X to increase also.
B) an increase in the demand for good X and a decrease in the quantity of good Y demanded.
C) an increase in the quantity demanded of good Y and a decrease in the demand for good X.
D) an increase in the demand for both good X and good Y.
Ques. 3An effluent fee is more effective when imposed on
A) the firm or producer of the product which generates pollution.
B) the consumer of the product.
C) neither the producer nor the consumer of the product.
D) the supplier of the raw material used by the firm.
Ques. 4What is meant by the term incentives, and why are they important?
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 5The purpose of an effluent fee imposed on a firm is
A) to increase output of its product by increasing the resources allocated to production.
B) to increase output of its product by reducing the resources allocated to production.
C) to reduce output by increasing production costs thereby reducing resources used.
D) none of the above
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