In Order to Construct a More Complete Picture of the Economic

question 5

Multiple Choice

In order to construct a more complete picture of the economic burden of government across income classes, economists usually:

• A)include both tax payments as well as transfer payments received
• B)focus only on the tax payments of wealthy tax payers
• C)limit their analysis to taxes based on the ability-to-pay principle
• D)focus their analysis on issues of tax efficiency