When Mercedes Benz was scouting for a site for a new assembly plant, thirty-five states expressed interest. Eventually, Alabama was selected. Once the final cost of incentives was tallied it came to __________ per new job.
a. 88,000
b. 49,500
c. 179,000
d. 132,000
Q. 2The Mexican Congress has evolved from a rubber-stamp institution to one that must be negotiated with the executive branch due to
a. rulings by the Mexican Supreme Court upholding Congress's role in the policy process.
b. the passage of constitutional amendments that strengthened the role of the Mexican Congress.
c. the loss by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) of its stranglehold on congressional representation.
d. the growth of a recalcitrant public demanding more representation in the policy-making process.
e. changes in the policy implementation process, which made the process less flexible.
Q. 3Incentive packages to encourage business relocation
a. include promises that nonnational governments rarely keep.
b. always include tax breaks, low-interest loans, and construction of infrastructure needed to support businessoperations.
c. may include tax breaks, low-interest loans, and construction of infrastructure needed to support businessoperations.
d. are limited by recent regional agreements about the construction of infrastructure needed to support businessoperations.
Q. 4Historically, Mexican citizens best interacted with their government through
a. a variety of informal means.
b. interest group lobbying.
c. elections.
d. direct contact with their Chamber of Deputies representatives.
e. political unrest and protest activity.
Q. 5Public debate over incentive packages that are offered by government to attract business revolves around questions
a. of how to make them most attractive.
b. of what effect new businesses will have on existing, protected industries.
c. about the value of amenities and subsidies that are provided.
d. about whether competitive behavior in seeking business relocation is counterproductive because eventualreturns may not be worth the initial costs.
Q. 6In terms of its impact on the policy-making process, the sexenio
a. makes the Mexican bureaucracy the focal point of policy formulation and the Mexican Congress the focal point of policy manager.
b. makes policy innovation less likely since the Mexican President is a lame duck from the start of his term of office.
c. traditionally makes the Mexican president the person most responsible for policy slippage.
d. makes it easy for the Mexican president to introduce extensive personnel changes upon coming to office in order to build a team of people who are motivated to carry out his policy goals.
e. made policy discontinuity impossible before 2000 due to the dominance of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and its ideology within the Mexican political system.
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