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Government Intervention

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which graph represents an ad valorem tax?

a)
b)
c)
d)
2.

If demand is relatively elastic, which economic pillar faces the highest burden?

a)

Consumers

b)

Governments

c)

Financial Institutions

d)

Producers

3.

What does price ceiling create?

a)

Excess Demand

b)

Consumer Surplus

c)

Excess Supply

d)

Producer Surplus

4.

What is government intervention?

a)

taxes and subsidies

b)

is any action carried out by the government or public entity that affects the market economy

c)

when employees of the government decide to take action after contemplation whilst creating economic models to predict market economy

d)

a consequence of an industrial or commercial activity which affects other parties in turn being reflected in market prices

5.

Corporate tax is an indirect tax

a)

True

b)

False

c)

It does not exist; it's a subsidy

6.

How do subsidies create a net loss of total welfare?

a)

A negative externality is created

b)

It creates a burden on the government

c)

The total cost to tax payers exceeds the total increase in social surplus

d)

It creates a burden on the consumers

7.

On what type of goods should a price ceiling be imposed?

a)

Normal

b)

Inferior

c)

Luxury

d)

Necessity

8.

What area represents government spending on subsidy?

a)

B+C+E+F

b)

A+B+D+G+F

c)

B+F+D

d)

A+G+B+F

9.

Which two of the following represent explanations of the rise in government spending which are based on ‘macroeconomic analysis’?

a)

‘Displacement Theory’ which suggests that public spending is ratcheted upwards over time by social upheavals – as in the case of economic depressions or wars

b)

The state providing ‘public goods’ and ‘merit goods’ free at the point of use, which private markets are unable to do

c)

Rise in a country’s real National Income, when public services are ‘normal’ products with high income elasticities of demand

d)

Change in the composition of the various public sector ‘markets’ leading to greater public spending (e.g. ageing population incurring greater expenditure on healthcare)

e)

Increased privatisation reducing the role of the public sector

10.

Should the rich be taxed in extremity relative to the so-called poor?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

I don't care

d)
e)

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