The Tinbergen Principle of Matching Policy Instruments to Target Variables

question 31

Multiple Choice

The Tinbergen principle of matching policy instruments to target variables states that trade-offs necessarily have to be judged whenever

• A) the number of independently operating policy instruments exceeds the number of target variables.
• B) the number of independently operating policy instruments equals the number of target variables.
• C) the number of independently operating policy instruments falls short of the number of target variables.
• D) a and b only.
• E) c or b only.

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