Special Interest Group K Receives a 1/1,000^th Slice of the Economic

question 34

Multiple Choice

Special interest group K receives a 1/1,000^th slice of the economic pie. Its net benefit from either an economic growth policy or a transfer policy is $200,000. In order for group K to be indifferent between the two policies, the economic growth policy would have to make the size of the economic pie (Real GDP) grow by _________________. This type of analysis is used to show that special interest groups tend to press government for ______________ instead of ________________.

• A)$200,000,000; economic growth; transfers
• B)$20,000,000; economic growth; transfers
• C)$200,000,000; transfers; economic growth
• D)$20,000,000; transfers; economic growth
• E)none of the above

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