Taxes on Polluting Emissions Are

question 93

Multiple Choice

Taxes on polluting emissions are

• A)more efficient than direct controls.
• B)used by all economic societies.
• C)less effective than direct regulations.
• D)easily enforced through the criminal justice system.

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Definitions:

Fixed-Interval

In operant conditioning, a schedule of reinforcement where rewards are presented at fixed time intervals, as long as the appropriate response is made.

Variable-Interval

A schedule of reinforcement where rewards are given after unpredictable time intervals, in the context of behavior conditioning.

Fixed-Ratio

A schedule of reinforcement where a response is rewarded only after a specified number of responses, encouraging a high, stable rate of responding.

Variable-Ratio

A reinforcement schedule in which a response is reinforced after an unpredictable number of responses, leading to high and steady response rates.