If You Had a Choice of Choosing a Payment of $5,000

question 26

True/False

If you had a choice of choosing a payment of $5,000 to be received in five years being discounted at 8 percent or at 10 percent, you should always choose the higher rate because it gives you the higher present value.

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Definitions:

Elastic Supply

characterizes a market situation where the quantity supplied changes significantly in response to changes in price.

Tax Burden

The total amount of taxes imposed on an individual, corporation, or other entity by the government, often expressed as a percentage of income.

Ceteris Paribus

A Latin phrase meaning 'all other things being equal', used in economics to isolate the effect of one variable change.

Payroll Taxes

Levies placed on both employers and employees, determined by a portion of the wages that businesses disburse to their workforce.