Which of the Following Statements Concerning the Federal Corporate Income

question 112

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements concerning the federal corporate income tax is true?

• A)It is an efficient tax because it imposes a small excess burden relative to the tax revenue it raises.
• B)The incidence of the corporate income tax can be determined by using demand and supply analysis.
• C)Determining the incidence of the corporate income tax is complicated because it is not certain how corporations respond to the tax.
• D)The corporate income tax is an example of the benefits-received principle.

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Definitions:

Experimental

Pertaining to a method of research that involves the manipulation of variables to establish cause and effect relationships.

Correlational

Relating to a statistical relationship between two or more variables, where changes in one variable are associated with changes in another, without implying causation.

Confounding Results

Outcomes in research that cannot be accurately attributed to the variables under examination because of the influence of extraneous variables.

Independent Variable

A variable that is manipulated in an experiment to investigate its effect on a dependent variable.