Question 1

When voting mechanisms substitute for the market mechanism in allocating resources,we are relying on

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A)  Cost-benefit analysis.
B)  Opportunity cost analysis.
C)  Public choice theory.
D)  Ballot box economics.

Question 2

The term market power refers to

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A)  A firm's ability to eliminate free riders.
B)  A firm's ability to alter the market price or quantity of a good or service.
C)  The government's ability to change market outcomes.
D)  The government's authority to tax businesses.

Question 3

Any imperfection in the market mechanism that prevents optimal outcomes is known as

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A)  Market failure.
B)  Government failure.
C)  External cost.
D)  Public cost.

Question 4

Which of the following produces external benefits?

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A)  Garbage dumped in the Atlantic Ocean.
B)  The inoculation of college students against the flu.
C)  Passive smoke in a public building.
D)  All of the choices are correct.

Question 5

Which of the following is a merit good?

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A)  Cigarettes.
B)  Food.
C)  Local telephone service.
D)  A computer operating system.

Question 6

A "free rider" is an individual who reaps

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A)  Indirect benefits from someone else's purchase of a public good.
B)  Indirect benefits from someone else's purchase of a private good.
C)  Direct benefits from someone else's purchase of a public good.
D)  Direct benefits from someone else's purchase of a private gooD.A free rider is an individual who reaps direct benefits from someone else's purchase of a public good.

Question 7

The optimal mix of output is always the same as the

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A)  Output that consumers demand.
B)  Most desired combination on a production possibilities curve.
C)  Output that the government provides.
D)  Output that producers produce.

Question 8

Government waste implies that the public sector is not producing as many services as it could with the resources at its disposal.
Government waste causes an economy to produce less than its potential.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Government intervention in the market

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A)  Always involves an opportunity cost.
B)  Never involves an opportunity cost because only market activities result in other goods and services being given up.
C)  Does not involve an opportunity cost if market outcomes are improved.
D)  Results in the free-rider dilemma.

Question 10

Which of the following explains what would happen if public goods were marketed like private goods?

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A)  Public goods would be underproduced.
B)  Many consumers would want to buy the goods.
C)  Public goods would be overproduced.
D)  Government failure would result.

Question 11

Externalities

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A)  Occur because of government failure.
B)  Are the costs or benefits of market activities that "spill over" onto third parties.
C)  Occur because of selfish consumers.
D)  Occur because demand is hidden.

Question 12

Which of the following is an example of a progressive tax?

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A)  Social Security payroll tax.
B)  A local sales tax.
C)  The federal income tax.
D)  An excise tax.

Question 13

A tax is regressive if it takes a

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A)  Larger number of dollars as income falls.
B)  Smaller fraction of dollars as income falls.
C)  Larger number of dollars as income rises.
D)  Smaller fraction of dollars as income rises.

Question 14

Why is it safe to assume that national defense will always be provided by the government instead of the market?

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Question 15

In response to the global recession of 2008 and 2009,governments around the world

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A)  Reduced public works spending.
B)  Reduced income transfer programs.
C)  Expanded income transfer programs but reduced public spending programs.
D)  Expanded public works spending and income transfer programs.

Question 16

In the United States,direct expenditures for governments between 1933 and 1943

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A)  Trended up for state and local governments and down for the federal government.
B)  Trended down for state and local governments and up for the federal government.
C)  Trended down for all governments.
D)  Trended up for all governments.

Question 17

Which of the following is the government most likely to discourage because of the existence of externalities?

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A)  All goods and services produced by monopolies.
B)  Cars that create an excessive amount of exhaust fumes.
C)  Thermal pollution from a power plant that improves fishing downstream.
D)  Fatty foods that lead to heart disease.

Question 18

Social demand equals market demand plus externalities when there are positive external benefits.
If a product yields external benefits,the social demand is greater than the market demand by the amount of the externality.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Using Figure 4.2,suppose point C represents the optimal mix of public and private goods for a society.The market mechanism is likely to result in a mix of output represented by point

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A)  F because the market mechanism is inefficient.
B)  B because the market mechanism tends to overproduce public goods.
C)  C because the market mechanism is efficient.
D)  D because the market mechanism tends to underproduce public goods.

Question 20

An In the News article titled "Perpetuating Poverty: Lotteries Prey on the Poor" reports that poor people spend a larger percentage of their income on government-promoted gambling than do rich people.On the basis of this information,we can conclude that lotteries function as

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A)  An income tax.
B)  A progressive tax.
C)  A property tax.
D)  A regressive tax.

Exam 4: The Role of Government

Using Figure 4.2,suppose point C represents the optimal mix of public and private goods for a society.The market mechanism is likely to result in a mix of output represented by point

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A tax is regressive if it takes a

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Which of the following produces external benefits?

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Which of the following is a merit good?

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In the United States,direct expenditures for governments between 1933 and 1943

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Government intervention in the market

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Externalities

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Which of the following explains what would happen if public goods were marketed like private goods?

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Social demand equals market demand plus externalities when there are positive external benefits. If a product yields external benefits,the social demand is greater than the market demand by the amount of the externality.

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Government waste implies that the public sector is not producing as many services as it could with the resources at its disposal. Government waste causes an economy to produce less than its potential.

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Which of the following is the government most likely to discourage because of the existence of externalities?

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Which of the following is an example of a progressive tax?

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The term market power refers to

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Why is it safe to assume that national defense will always be provided by the government instead of the market?

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