Examples of Direct Costs of Government Intervention Include

question 30

Multiple Choice

Examples of direct costs of government intervention include

• A)the production cost of meeting new emission standards on new cars.
• B)the regulatory affairs departments of many Canadian corporations.
• C)the time spent by Canadians completing their income-tax forms.
• D)the government's administrative costs of conducting the Census.
• E)costs of complying with provincial sales taxes.

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