Question 1

At the state and local levels of the U.S.government,a majority of government employees work in which of the following areas?

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A)   Postal service.
B)   Education.
C)   Hospitals and other health care.
D)   Police and corrections.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 2

(Advanced analysis) Answer the question on the basis of the following information: The equations for the demand and supply curves for a particular product are P = 10 - .4Q and P = 2 + .4Q,where P is price and Q is quantity expressed in units of 100.After an excise tax is imposed on the product,the supply equation is P = 3 + .4Q. Refer to the given information.The excise tax on each unit of the product:

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A)   is $1.
B)   is $2.
C)   is $3.
D)   cannot be determined with the information given.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 3

An income tax is progressive if the:

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A)   absolute amount paid as taxes varies directly with income.
B)   percentage of income paid as taxes is the same regardless of the size of income.
C)   percentage of income paid as taxes increases as income increases.
D)   tax rate varies inversely with income.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 4

A progressive tax takes relatively more from the rich than it does from the poor.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The efficiency loss of a tax is the tax revenue collected by government minus the value of the public goods financed through the tax.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The following data represent a personal income tax schedule.Answer the question on the basis of this information.   Taxable Income  Total Tax $0$02,0002004,0006006,0001,2008,0002,00010,0003,000\begin{array} { c c } 	ext { Taxable Income } & 	ext { Total Tax } \\hline\$ 0 & \$ 0 \2,000 & 200 \4,000 & 600 \6,000 & 1,200 \8,000 & 2,000 \10,000 & 3,000\end{array} Taxable Income $02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000​ Total Tax $02006001,2002,0003,000​​  Refer to the table.This tax is such that the after-tax distribution of income will be:

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A)   more equal than the before-tax distribution.
B)   less equal than the before-tax distribution.
C)   distributed in precisely the same way as the before-tax distribution.
D)   less than the before-tax distribution by the same percentage at each income level. E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 7

If you would have to pay $5,000 in taxes on a $25,000 taxable income and $7,000 on a $30,000 taxable income,then the marginal tax rate on the additional $5,000 of income is:

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A)   40 percent and the average tax rate is about 23 percent at the $30,000 income level.
B)   50 percent and the average tax rate is 40 percent at the $30,000 income level.
C)   40 percent and the average tax rate is 25 percent at the $25,000 income level.
D)   30 percent,but average tax rates cannot be determined from the information given.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 8

The largest category of federal spending is for:

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A)   health care.
B)   science,space,and technology.
C)   pensions and income security.
D)   national defense.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Exam 19: Public Finance: Expenditures and Taxes

The efficiency loss of a tax is the tax revenue collected by government minus the value of the public goods financed through the tax.

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At the state and local levels of the U.S.government,a majority of government employees work in which of the following areas?

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A progressive tax takes relatively more from the rich than it does from the poor.

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If you would have to pay $5,000 in taxes on a $25,000 taxable income and $7,000 on a $30,000 taxable income,then the marginal tax rate on the additional $5,000 of income is:

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An income tax is progressive if the:

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The largest category of federal spending is for:

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Exam 19: Public Finance: Expenditures and Taxes

The efficiency loss of a tax is the tax revenue collected by government minus the value of the public goods financed through the tax.

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At the state and local levels of the U.S.government,a majority of government employees work in which of the following areas?

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A progressive tax takes relatively more from the rich than it does from the poor.

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If you would have to pay $5,000 in taxes on a $25,000 taxable income and $7,000 on a $30,000 taxable income,then the marginal tax rate on the additional $5,000 of income is:

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An income tax is progressive if the:

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The largest category of federal spending is for:

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