If the Government Simultaneously Increases Marginal Income Tax Rates and Unemployment

question 114

Multiple Choice

If the government simultaneously increases marginal income tax rates and unemployment compensation, the:

• A) incentive to work will increase.
• B) incentive to work will diminish.
• C) incentive to work will not change.
• D) effect on the incentive to work cannot be predicted.

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