Question 1

If the government levies a $5 tax per MP3 player on buyers of MP3 players, then the price paid by buyers of MP3 players would likely

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A)   increase by more than $5.
B)   increase by exactly $5.
C)   increase by less than $5.
D)   decrease.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D) C

Question 2

Suppose buyers of fountain drinks are required to send $0.50 to the government for every fountain drink they buy. Further, suppose this tax causes the effective price received by sellers of fountain drinks to fall by $0.20 per drink. Which of the following statements is correct?

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A)   This tax causes the demand curve for fountain drinks to shift downward by $0.50 at each quantity.
B)   The price paid by buyers is $0.30 per drink more than it was before the tax.
C)   Forty percent of the burden of the tax falls on sellers.
D)   All of the above are correct.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 3

Lawmakers can decide whether the buyers or the sellers must send a tax to the government, but they cannot legislate the true burden of a tax.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Figure 6-4 
-Refer to Figure 6-4. A government-imposed price ceiling of $6 in this market results in

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A)   a shortage of 8 units.
B)   a shortage of 4 units.
C)   14 units sold.
D)   10 units sold.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

Suppose the government imposes a 50-cent tax on the sellers of packets of chewing gum. The tax would

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A)   shift the supply curve upward by less than 50 cents.
B)   raise the equilibrium price by 50 cents.
C)   create a 50-cent tax burden each for buyers and sellers.
D)   discourage market activity.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 6

Suppose the government has imposed a price floor on cellular phones. Which of the following events could transform the price floor from one that is binding to one that is not binding?

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A)   Cellular phones become less popular.
B)   Traditional land line phones become more expensive.
C)   The components used to produce cellular phones become less expensive.
D)   Firms expect the price of cellular phones to fall in the future.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 7

A price ceiling set above the equilibrium price causes quantity demanded to exceed quantity supplied.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

When a binding price floor is imposed on a market for a good, some people who want to sell the good cannot do so.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Policymakers use taxes to raise revenue for public purposes and to influence market outcomes.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Figure 6-28 
-Refer to Figure 6-28. Suppose a tax of $6 per unit is imposed on this market. How much will sellers receive per unit after the tax is imposed?

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A)   $4
B)   between $4 and $7
C)   between $7 and $10
D)   $10E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 11

Figure 6-18
The vertical distance between points A and B represents the tax in the market. 
-Refer to Figure 6-18. The effective price that sellers receive after the tax is imposed is

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A)   $6.
B)   $10.
C)   $16.
D)   $24.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 12

Suppose the equilibrium price of a physical examination "physical")  by a doctor is $200, and the government imposes a price ceiling of $150 per physical. As a result of the price ceiling,

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A)   the quantity of physicals demanded increases.
B)   there is shortage of physicals.
C)   the quantity of physicals supplied decreases.
D)   All of the above are correct.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 13

Advocates of the minimum wage admit that it has some adverse effects, but they believe that these effects are small and that a higher minimum wage makes the poor better off.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The effects of rent control in the long run include lower rents and lower-quality housing.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

A binding price ceiling causes quantity demanded to be less than quantity supplied.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 16

Figure 6-5 
-Refer to Figure 6-5. If the horizontal line on the graph represents a price ceiling, then the price ceiling is

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A)   binding and creates a surplus of 60 units of the good.
B)   binding and creates a surplus of 20 units of the good.
C)   not binding but creates a surplus of 40 units of the good.
D)   not binding, and there will be no surplus or shortage of the good.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 17

Lawmakers designed the burden of the FICA payroll tax to be split evenly between workers and firms. Labor economists believe that

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A)   lawmakers may have actually achieved their goal because statistics show that the tax burden is currently equally divided.
B)   the tax raises too little revenue for the government, so it should be eliminated.
C)   firms bear most of the burden of the tax.
D)   workers bear most of the burden of the tax.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 18

Rent-control laws dictate

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A)   the exact rent that landlords must charge tenants.
B)   a maximum rent that landlords may charge tenants.
C)   a minimum rent that landlords may charge tenants.
D)   both a minimum rent and a maximum rent that landlords may charge tenants.E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 19

Will a binding price floor result in a shortage or a surplus in the market?

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A binding price floo...

Question 20

If a tax is levied on the buyers of a product, then there will be an)

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A)   downward shift of the supply curve.
B)   upward shift of the supply curve.
C)   movement up and to the right along the supply curve.
D)   movement down and to the left along the supply curve.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D) D

Exam 6: Supply, Demand, and Government Policies

If the government levies a $5 tax per MP3 player on buyers of MP3 players, then the price paid by buyers of MP3 players would likely

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Suppose buyers of fountain drinks are required to send $0.50 to the government for every fountain drink they buy. Further, suppose this tax causes the effective price received by sellers of fountain drinks to fall by $0.20 per drink. Which of the following statements is correct?

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Lawmakers can decide whether the buyers or the sellers must send a tax to the government, but they cannot legislate the true burden of a tax.

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Figure 6-4 -Refer to Figure 6-4. A government-imposed price ceiling of $6 in this market results in

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Suppose the government imposes a 50-cent tax on the sellers of packets of chewing gum. The tax would

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Suppose the government has imposed a price floor on cellular phones. Which of the following events could transform the price floor from one that is binding to one that is not binding?

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A price ceiling set above the equilibrium price causes quantity demanded to exceed quantity supplied.

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When a binding price floor is imposed on a market for a good, some people who want to sell the good cannot do so.

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Policymakers use taxes to raise revenue for public purposes and to influence market outcomes.

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Figure 6-28 -Refer to Figure 6-28. Suppose a tax of $6 per unit is imposed on this market. How much will sellers receive per unit after the tax is imposed?

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Figure 6-18 The vertical distance between points A and B represents the tax in the market. -Refer to Figure 6-18. The effective price that sellers receive after the tax is imposed is

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Suppose the equilibrium price of a physical examination "physical") by a doctor is $200, and the government imposes a price ceiling of $150 per physical. As a result of the price ceiling,

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Advocates of the minimum wage admit that it has some adverse effects, but they believe that these effects are small and that a higher minimum wage makes the poor better off.

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The effects of rent control in the long run include lower rents and lower-quality housing.

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A binding price ceiling causes quantity demanded to be less than quantity supplied.

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Figure 6-5 -Refer to Figure 6-5. If the horizontal line on the graph represents a price ceiling, then the price ceiling is

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Lawmakers designed the burden of the FICA payroll tax to be split evenly between workers and firms. Labor economists believe that

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Rent-control laws dictate

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