A. reduce , reduce
B. increase, increase
C. increase, reduce
D. reduce, increase
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - The substitution effect of a rise in the price of labour will ____ the quantity of labour and the output, effect will ____ it
A. increase; increase
B. increase; reduce
C. reduce; reduce
D. reduce; increase - If the economy is in the expansionary phase of the business cycle, aggregate demand ____ unemployment ____ inflation ____ payments is likely to move towards ____?
A. falls; rise; falls; surplus
B. is static; low; rise; deficit;
C. falls; falls; falls; surplus
D. rise; falls; rises; deficit - When firms enter a monopolistically competitive market and the business-stealing externality is larger than the product-variety externality then ?
A. there are too many firms in the market and market efficiency could be increased if firms exited the market
B. the number of firms in the market is optimal and the market is efficient
C. There are too few firms in the market and market efficiency could be be increased with additional entry
D. The only way to improve efficiency in this market is for the government to regulate it like a natural monopoly. - Taxes creates a wedge between the sales price and purchase price that prevents the price system equating ____ and ______?
A. marginal costs, marginal benefits
B. demand, supply
C. marginal cost, marginal revenue
D. marginal cost, average cost - 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 that the world price of tin is above the target (ceiling) price that is defined by an international commodity agreement. To move the world price toward the target price, a buffer stock agreement would require its buffer stock manager to ____ tin and an export quota agreement would require that member countries _________ their export of tin?
A. purchase; decrease
B. purchase; increase
C. sell; increase
D. sell; decrease - The effect of inflation on the price competitiveness of a country’s products may be offset by ?
A. An appreciation of the currency
B. A revaluation of the currency
C. A depreciation of the currency
D. Lower inflation abroad - The quantity theory of money says that changes in ____lead to equivalent changes in ____ but have no effect on ______?
A. prices, wages, output and employment
B. output prices, employment
C. nominal money, the price level, output and employment
D. nominal money output prices - Imagine there is no tax on income up to Rs 1000 after that there is a tax of 505 what is the average tax rate on an income of Rs 20,000 ?
A. Rs 50000
B. 20%
C. 25%
D. Rs 10000
