Congress and the president decide that the united states should reduce air pollution by reducing its use of gasoline. they impose a $0.50 tax on each gallon of gasoline sold. who should they impose this tax on? consumers producers it doesn't matter if the demand for gasoline were more elastic, this tax would be effective in reducing the quantity of gasoline consumed. true or false: consumers of gasoline are hurt by this tax.

a. True

b. False workers in the oil industry are by this tax.

Which of the following services will be provided by a full-service broker but not by a discount broker? i. research of potential investment opportunities ii. purchase and sale of stock at your request iii. recommendation of investments a. i and iii b. ii only c. iii only d. i, ii, and ii

Total marketing effort is a term used to describe the critical decision factors that affect demand: price, advertising, distribution, and product quality. define the variable x to represent total marketing effort. a typical model that is used to predict demand as a function of total marketing effort is based on the power function: d = axb suppose that a is a positive number. different model forms result from varying the constant b. sketch the graphs of this model for b = 0, b = 1, 0< b< 1, b< 0, and b> 1. (we encourage you to use excel to do this.) what does each model tell you about the relationship between demand and marketing effort? what assumptions are implied? are they reasonable? how would you go about selecting the appropriate model?

Suppose that the u.s. dollars-mexican pesos exchange rate is fixed by the u.s. and mexican governments. assume also that labor is mobile between the united states and mexico due to low transportation costs.which of the following situations is likely to happen as a result of a simultaneous increase in the demand for u.s. goods and decrease in the demand for mexican goods? (pick mexican unemployment rate increases, and the country undergoes bad economic times for a sustained u.s. unemployment rate increases, and the country undergoes bad economic times for a sustained mexican unemployment rate rises at first, but it soon drops as unemployed mexicans move to the united states for mexican unemployment rate rises at first, but then it drops as mexican pesos depreciate against u.s. dollars.