Assume That Both the Corporate and Noncorporate Sectors Are in Long-Run

question 215

Multiple Choice

Assume that both the corporate and noncorporate sectors are in long-run equilibrium before the imposition of a corporate profits tax. In the short run, the imposition of a corporate profits tax will ________ profits in the noncorporate sector, but ________ profits in the corporate sector.

• A) increase; decrease
• B) not change; not change
• C) not change; decrease
• D) decrease; increase

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Nominal Random Variable

A type of random variable that categorizes data without a natural order or ranking among the categories.

Interval Random Variable

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Continuous Random Variable

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