A. an attempt to internalize a positive externality
B. an attempt to internalize a negative externality
C. a Pigouvian tax
D. a command-and-control policy
Related Mcqs:
- Starting from a position where the nation’s money demand equals the money supply and its balance of payments is in equilibrium economic theory suggests that the nation’s balance of payments would move into a surplus position if there occurred in the nation a (an) ?
A. increase in the money demand
B. decrease in the money demand
C. increase in the money demand
D. None of the above - Starting from a position where the nation’s money demand equals the money supply and its balance of payments is in equilibrium its balance of payments would move into a surplus position if there occurred in the nation a (an) ?
A. decrease in the money supply
B. increase in the money supply
C. decrease in the money demand
D. None of the above - Once a country is wealthy ?
A. it no longer needs any human capital
B. capital becomes more productive due to the “catch-up- effect”
C. none of these answers
D. it may be harder for it to grow quickly because of the diminishing returns to capital - A nation wishing to reduce its current account deficit would be advised to ?
A. engage in more government spending
B. reduce government taxes
C. increases private investment spending
D. decrease domestic consumption - If the economy is at the peak of the business cycle, aggregate demand ____ unemployment _______ inflation _______ and the current account of the balance of payments is likely to move towards _______?
A. rise; falls; rise; deficit
B. falls; rises; falls; surplus
C. falls; falls; falls; surplus
D. is static; low; rises; deficit - If the economy is in the though phase of the business cycle, aggregate demand ____ unemployment ______ inflation ______ and the current account of the balance of payments is likely to move towards ________?
A. falls; falls; falls; surplus
B. falls; rises; falls; surplus
C. is static; low; rises; deficit
D. rises; falls; rises; deficit - If the economy is in the recessionary phase of the business cycle, aggregate demand ___ unemployment ____ inflation ___ and the current account of the balance of payments is likely to move towards ____?
A. falls; falls; falls; surplus
B. is static; low; rises; deficit
C. falls; rises; falls; surplus
D. rises; falls; rises; deficit - Suppose an industry emits a negative externality such a pollution and the possible methods to internalize the externality are command-and-control policies, pigovian taxes, and tradable pollution permits. If economists were to rank these methods for internalizing a negative externality based on efficiency ease of implementation and the incentive for the industry to further reduce pollution in the future, they would probably rank them in the following order (from most favored to least favored) ?
A. Pigouvian taxes, command-and-control policies, tradable pollution permits.
B. tradable pollution permits, Pigouvian taxes, command-and-control policies
C. tradable pollution permits command-and-control policies, Pigovian taxes.
D. command-and-control policies, tradable pollution permits, Pigovian taxes.
E. They would all rank equally high because the same result can be obtained from any one of the policies - What would reduce the role of central planning in a economy ?
A. Increasing government spending
B. Increasing public ownership of firms
C. Increasing the role of markets
D. Removing the profit motive - TO reduce cyclical unemployment the government might ?
A. Increase the budget surplus
B. Increase the balance of payment deficit
C. Reduce interest rates
D. Reduce government expenditure
