The Laffer Curve

question 206

Multiple Choice

The Laffer curve

• A) initially slopes upward as increasing tax rates lead to increasing tax revenue but eventually will slope downward as increasing tax rates lead to decreasing tax revenue.
• B) slopes downward throughout its range since increasing tax rates will always lead to decreases in tax revenue.
• C) slopes upward throughout its range since increasing tax rates will always lead to increases in tax revenue.
• D) is horizontal because tax revenue is independent of the rate of interest.

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