In the Case of Declining Industries,wage Subsidies or Special Tax

question 41

Multiple Choice

In the case of declining industries,wage subsidies or special tax breaks that decline over time:

• A)can be more efficient than tariffs.
• B)are permanent import restrictions.
• C)can result in increasing shocks in the economy.
• D)equal or exceed the direct welfare loss from tariffs.
• E)result from diseconomies of scale.

Describe different types of unemployment (frictional, structural, cyclical, seasonal).

Understand the economic and social costs of unemployment.

Recognize how government statements about employment need to be interpreted in context.

Calculate the size of the labor force and its components.

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