Because people’s income vary other the life cycle and because there are transitory shocks to people’s incomes the standard measures of income distribution ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Because in-kind transfers are not accounted for in standard measures of income distribution the standard measures of income distribution ?

   A. accurately represent the true inequality of living standards
   B. understate the inequality of living standards
   C. exaggerate the inequality of living standards
   D. could exaggerate of understate the inequality of living standards depending on whether the transfers are goods or services.

2. If people with higher incomes pay a higher percentage of income in taxes, the income tax structure is ?

   A. progressive
   B. regressive
   C. value added taxes (VAT)
   D. excise taxes

3. When an increase in government purchases increases the income of some people, and those people spend some of that increase in income on additional consumer goods, we have seen a demonstration of ?

   A. The multiplier effects
   B. supply side economics
   C. None of these answers
   D. The crowding out effect

4. If, in the long run, people adjust their price expectations so that all prices and incomes move proportionately to an increase in the price level then the long-run Phillips curve ?

   A. is vertical
   B. is negatively sloped
   C. has a slope that is determined by how fast people adjust their price expectations
   D. is positively sloped

5. The Setrite Corporation produce chairs. An economist working for the firm predicts that if people’s incomes rise next year, then the demand for our chairs will for our chairs will increase ceteris paribus The accuracy of the economist’s prediction depends on whether the chairs Setrite Produce ?

   A. have few substitutes.
   B. are normal goods
   C. have few complementary goods.
   D. have many complementary goods.

6. The functional distribution of income shows how national income is divided between ?

   A. employees
   B. the population
   C. the factors of production
   D. the working population

7. The World Bank’s GNP per capita classification for low income middle income and high income countries respectively is ?

   A. less than $900, $900-$9000 and more than $9000
   B. less than $5000, $5000-$15000 and more than $15000
   C. less than $100, $100-$1000 and more than $1000
   D. less than $5000, $5000-$150000 and more than $150000

8. A tax for which high income taxpayers pay a smaller fraction of their income than do low income taxpayers is known as ?

   A. a proportional tax
   B. a regressive tax
   C. an equitable tax
   D. a progressive tax

9. If the income tax rate changes from 30% to 40% on income over Rs30,000 and a person’s income is Rs 31,000 then her marginal tax rate is ?

   A. 30%
   B. 10%
   C. 70%
   D. 40%

10. More and more salespeople are being evaluated and compensated based on different measures than in the past. All of the following are illustrations of those measures EXCEPT ?

    A. long term customer sanctification
    B. competitive predatory pricing performance
    C. full customer service
    D. retention rates