In Which of the Following Situations Has a Gift Occurred

question 27

Multiple Choice

In which of the following situations has a gift occurred?

• A) Heidi creates a revocable trust, income payable to herself, remainder to her children.
• B) Herman establishes a joint savings account with his sister.
• C) After Herman's death, his sister withdraws the funds he placed in their joint savings account.
• D) The day before their marriage, Eva gives Arlan $500,000 in securities.
• E) None of the above.

Identify the types of returns to scale (increasing, decreasing, constant) based on production function exponents.

Distinguish between production functions that have diminishing, constant, or increasing marginal products for factors of production.

Analyze the form and properties of production functions involving min() operation.

Calculate output levels for specific production functions given amounts of input.

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