According to supply side economists as tax rates are reduced labour supply should increase. This implies that ?

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1. According to supply-side economists, as tax rates are reduced, labor supply should increase. This implies that ?

   A. there is no income effect when tax rates are changed
   B. the income effect of a wage change is greater than the substitution effect of a wage change.
   C. there is no substitution effect when tax rates are changed
   D. the substitution effect of a wage change is greater than the income effect of a wage change

2. According to the Laffer curve as tax rates increase tax revenue ?

   A. initially increase and then decrease
   B. decrease continuously
   C. rise continuously
   D. initially decrease and then increase

3. A group of economists argue that the real problem with the economy is high rates of taxation and heavy regulation that reduce the incentives to work save and invest these economists are ?

   A. supply side economists
   B. neo-Keynesian economists
   C. rational -expectations economists
   D. New classical economists

4. According to the Laffer curve, as tax rates increase tax revenue ?

   A. initially increase and then decrease
   B. decrease continuously.
   C. rise continuously
   D. initially decrease and then increase.

5. A group of economists argue that the real problem with the economy is high rates of taxation and heavy regulation that reduce the incentives to work, save and invest. These economists are?

   A. Supply-side economics
   B. neo-Keynesian economists
   C. rational-expectations economists.
   D. new classical economists.

6. According to supply-side economists if taxes are cut so that people have an increased incentive to work and businesses have an increased incentive to invest ?

   A. aggregate supply will increase , aggregate demand will decrease
   B. aggregate supply will increase, aggregate output will increase and the price level will decrease
   C. aggregate supply will increase aggregate output will increase and the price level will increase
   D. both aggregate supply and demand will increase and the price level will increase

7. Suppose two economists are arguing about policies that deal with unemployment. One economist says. The government could lower unemployment by one percentage point if it would just increase government spending by 50 billion dollars the other economist responds Nonsense and poppycock! If the government spent an additional 50 billion dollars it would reduce unemployment by only one tenth of one percent. and that effect would only be temporary! These economists ?

   A. None of these answers
   B. Disagree because they have different scientific judgments
   C. really don’t disagree at all. It just appears that they disagree
   D. disagree because they have different values

8. According to Supply-side economists. if taxes are cut so that people have an increased incentive to work and businesses have an increased incentive to invest ?

   A. aggregate supply will increase will increase aggregate demand will decrease and the price level will decrease
   B. aggregate supply will increase will increase aggregate output will increase and the price level will decrease
   C. aggregate supply will increase will increase aggregate output will increase and the price level will increase
   D. both aggregate supply and demand will increase will increase and the price level will increase

9. In a competitive labour market firms will hire labour up to the point where the marginal revenue product of labour equals ?

   A. total labour cost
   B. the marginal product
   C. the price of the product
   D. the wage rate

10. The property tax wealth tax inheritance tax and income taxes such as persona and corporate taxes are ?

    A. indirect taxes
    B. direct taxes
    C. inelastic
    D. value-added tax