When Taxes on the Return to Capital in a Given

question 89

Multiple Choice

When taxes on the return to capital in a given economy are reduced,it causes firms to employ __________ capital goods.In terms of the production function (graphed with labor on the horizontal axis and Real GDP on the vertical axis) ,this then causes ____________________ which makes the LRAS curve shift ____________ resulting in ______________________.

• A) less; the production function to shift downward; leftward; a shrinking economy
• B) more; the production function to shift upward; rightward; economic growth
• C) more; a movement up along a given production function; rightward; economic growth
• D) more; a movement down along a given production function; leftward; a shrinking economy

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Definitions:

Job Enlargement

Was developed to increase the total number of tasks workers perform based on the assumption that doing the same basic task over and over is the primary cause of worker dissatisfaction.

Job Description

A formal account of an employee's responsibilities, duties, and scope of work.

Reduction Strategy

A plan implemented to decrease the scale, scope, or operations of an organization, often as part of cost-cutting measures or organizational restructuring.

Stability Strategy

Essentially calls for maintaining the status quo. A company that adopts a stability strategy plans to stay in its current businesses and intends to manage them as they are already being managed. The organization’s goal is to protect itself from environmental threats. A stability strategy is frequently used after a period of retrenchment or after a period of rapid growth.