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Chapter 5, Problem 2RQ
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The marginal benefit of the government program.
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QUESTION 16
16. Is the total expenditure of revenue on a government program (revenue collected by a tax) the full measure of the program's cost to society?
O a) Yes.
O b) No, because the benefit to society always exceeds the dollar cost of government programs.
O c) No, because this does not include the efficiency cost of collecting the tax revenue.
O d) No, because it does not include the cost of program administration and losses due to corruption.
Which of the following statements is
correct? Choose an answer:
O 1. Regardless of which side of the market the tax is levied on, the more inelastic side of the market bears the
higher tax burden.
O 2. If the supply is more elastic than the demand, then the suppliers bear the greater tax burden
than the buyers.
3. The tax burden is incurred on the side of the market where the tax is levied.
O 4. The tax burden is always borne half by the supplier and half by the customer.
O 5. If the demand is more inelastic than the supply, then the providers bear the greater
tax burden than the buyers.
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Suppose George made $20,000 last year and that he lives in the country of Harmony. The way Harmony levies income taxes, each citizen must pay 10 percent in taxes on their first $10,000 in earnings and then 50 percent in taxes on anything else they might earn. So given that George earned $20,000 last year, his marginal tax rate on the last dollar he earns will be __________ and his average tax rate for his entire income will be _________________. a. 50 percent; 50 percent. b. 50 percent; less than 50 percent. c. 10 percent; 50 percent. d. 10 percent; less than 50 percent.
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