A. fiscal policies
B. incomes policies
C. supply-side policies
D. monetary policies
Related Mcqs:
- Government policies that focus on changing interest rates are called ?
A. fiscal policies
B. monetary policies
C. supply-side policies
D. incomes policies - 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 - If the government increases spending and raises taxes by just enough to finance this increase it will ?
A. leave output unchanged
B. increase output
C. reduce output
D. increase the MPC - Government policies that focus on increasing production rather than demand are called ?
A. fiscal policies
B. monetary policies
C. supply-side policies
incomes policies - What is called when government spending overwhelms government revenue resulting in government borrowing ?
A. Budget deficit
B. Deficient financing
C. Unbalanced spending
D. Deficit spending - 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 - Except for taxes to offset ______ taxes are ______?
A. imperfect competition popular
B. externalities , distortionary
C. inequality , a first best option
D. poor health, unnecessary - 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 - A comparison of Japan’s policies before 1945 with the policies in effect after 1945 indicates that______________?
A. reduction in spending on military goods leads to economic depression
B. dependence on foreign trade usually leads to a weakened national economy
C. territorial aggression is not necessary to secure national economic goals
D. democratic institution hinder economic growth - Interventionist policies to restore regional imbalance focus on ?
A. subsidies to encourage firms that moves
B. tax concessions for firms that move.
C. improved infrastructure
D. all of the above
