Principles of Microeconomics

Crash Course and Chapter-by-Chapter Critique

By Irma Dircks

608 pages. Charts, graphs, indexes, bibliography
ISBN: 978-3-00-023932-8
Price: $39.80 (Paperback)
Also available as e-book for $15
Publisher: Ancilla Tutorials
Publication date: July 16, 2008

Frequent Exam Questions without Answers

Effects of Government Intervention

Chapter 12 ― Question 3
If a tariff is raised on a commodity,

  1. foreign producers charge a lower price
  2. foreign producers receive a higher price
  3. domestic producers receive a higher price
  4. domestic producers charge a lower price

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Chapter 12 ― Question 4
If the government sets a price floor above equilibrium price of a commodity, which of the following will happen

  1. an increase in tax revenues for the government
  2. an increase in demand for the commodity
  3. excess supply of the commodity
  4. excess demand for the commodity

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Chapter 12 ― Question 8
What precisely does it mean to say that suppliers must bear a tax because supply is inelastic?

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