32) The market for used cars is used by the textbook to illustrate the problem of
free riding |
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adverse selection |
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moral hazard |
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negative externalities |
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positive externalities |
33) Moral hazard and adverse selection both arise from a more general phenomenon known as
nonexcludability |
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the free rider problem |
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spillover effects |
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rent-seeking |
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asymmetric information |
34) According to the textbook, which of the following are problems that complicate the interpretation of official data on the distribution of income?
the quintiles contain unequal populations |
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the people in each quintile do not work the same number of hours |
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there is considerable upward income mobility over time |
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All of the above |
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None of the above |
36) Assume that most people would prefer to see less poverty and so might be willing to give some of their income to help the poor. The idea that the free market might provide less redistribution than individuals would like is the basis for which justification for government involvement in income redistribution?
relative inequality |
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absolute equality |
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public good-free rider |
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veil-of-ignorance |
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social-insurance |
37) The closer the Gini Coefficient is to 1
the steeper is the slope of the Lorenz curve |
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the more poor people there are |
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the higher the degree of income inequality |
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the closer the Lorenz curve is to the Line of perfect equality |
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the lower is the poverty rate |
Ans.32- Adverse selection In adverse selection,there is
infornation gap between the two parties involved in
transaction.
Ans.33- asymmetric information
Ans.34- All of the above.There are many assumptions in compiling
official data which are not true and skew the final result.
Ans.36- Social insurance
Ans.37- the closer the gini coefiicient to 1, the higher the degree
of income inequality.
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