Suppose Two Individuals Have Identical Incomes

question 38

Multiple Choice

Suppose two individuals have identical incomes.One of them has a house worth $100,000 and the other has a house worth $200,000.The local government levies a tax of $500 on each of them,as it does on the homes of the rest of its residents.What kind of tax is this?

• A) a property tax
• B) a benefit tax
• C) an income tax
• D) a lump-sum tax

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Definitions:

Nested Case-Control

A study design used within a cohort study, where a subset of participants with a specific outcome is compared to a subset without the outcome from the same cohort.

Recall Bias

A systematic error caused by differences in the accuracy or completeness of the recollections retrieved by study participants.

Economical

Related to economics or economy, often used to describe something that is cost-effective or does not waste resources.

Controls

Subjects or groups in a study or experiment that are used as a standard of comparison for checking the results of a survey or experiment.