What Is a Government Corporation

question 55

Multiple Choice

What is a government corporation?

• A)Each department in the executive branch is legally registered as a corporation.
• B)It is an agency that performs and charges for services usually provided by the private sector.
• C)It is a private company,publicly traded,whose sole investor is the federal government.
• D)It is a government agency that is charged by Congress to make a profit.

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Definitions:

Interest-Rate Cost-Of-Funds

The rate of interest a financial institution pays to borrow funds or the cost of obtaining funds through borrowing or issuing debt.

Marginal Benefit

The additional benefit received from consuming or producing one more unit of a good or service.

Perfectly Elastic

A market scenario where the demand or supply responds infinitely to any change in price.

Optimal R&D

Refers to the ideal level of spending or investment in research and development activities that maximizes innovation benefits relative to costs.