The Local Operations Manager for the Internal Revenue Service Must

question 123

Multiple Choice

The local operations manager for the Internal Revenue Service must decide whether to hire one, two, or three temporary tax examiners for the upcoming tax season. She estimates that net revenues (in thousands of dollars) will vary with how well taxpayers comply with the new tax code just passed by Congress, as follows:

If she uses the maximin criterion, how many new examiners will she decide to hire?

• A)one
• B)two
• C)three
• D)either one or two
• E)either two or three

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Definitions:

Efficient Allocation

The distribution of resources in a way that maximizes the net benefit received by an economy.

Allocative Efficiency

A state of the economy where resources are apportioned in a way that maximizes the overall benefit to society.

Productive Efficiency

A state where an economy or entity cannot produce more of one good without producing less of another, utilizing all resources in the best possible way without waste.

Economic Profit

The difference between total revenue and the total opportunity costs (both explicit and implicit) of all resources used.