If Some of a Country's Resources Are Devoted to the Provision

question 10

Multiple Choice

If some of a country's resources are devoted to the provision of bribes and other incentives to legislators so as to influence voting behavior on particular policies, these actions __________; the actions are referred to by economists as __________.

• A) lead to enhanced production of goods and services in the country rather than simply to a redistribution of income; "directly productive activity"
• B) lead to enhanced production of goods and services in the country rather than simply to a redistribution of income; "directly unproductive activity"
• C) simply lead to a redistribution of income in the country rather than to enhanced production of goods and services; "directly productive activity"
• D) simply lead to a redistribution of income in the country rather than to enhanced production of goods and services; "directly unproductive activity"

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