Reference no: EM13182170
1)Which one of the following is not a valid explanation for why workers may prefer an extra dollar's worth of fringe benefits to an extra dollar's worth of cash?
a. workers may prefer to bind themselves against their own tendencies toward immediate gratification.
b. certain fringe benefits effectively trade current taxes for future taxes.
c. people generally prefer in-kind benefits to cash.
d. certain fringe benefits are untaxed.
2)The shape of the indifference curves reflects:
a. a diminishing marginal rate of substitution of fringe benefits for wages.
b. increased utility as fringe benefits are substituted for wages along an indifference curve.
c. increased utility as wages are substituted for fringe benefits along an indifference curve.
d. an increasing marginal rate of substitution of fringe benefits for wages
3)Given isoprofit line 1, this worker's wage-fringe optimum is given by point:
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D
4) Suppose some development rotates the isoprofit line outward, to line 2. If history is a guide, we would expect this worker's new wage-fringe optimum to be at point:
a. D
b. E
c. F
d. G
5)Which one of the following events could not have caused a shift from isoprofit line 1 to line 2?
a. The employers share of the payroll tax rate has increased and the limits expanded.
b. Firms structured fringe benefits so as to increase worker productivity.
c. The government began to subject some fringe benefits to the personal income tax.
d. Insurance companies offered group discounts for medical and disability coverage.
|
What similarities and differences are between securitization
: "Loans are just like used cars. If you see an ad in the paper for a used care, you have to wonder , why is the owner selling it? Mayber there is something wrong with the care that is hared to see. As a result, when you approach the seller, you wil..
|
|
State wight percent of iron oxide in the original mixture
: the iron oxide reacts to form water vapor and Fe(s) but aluminum oxide remains unreacted. If the residue following heating weighs 1.6446g determine the wight percent of iron oxide in the original mixture.
|
|
Choose to pattern his epic after homer''s iliad and odyssey
: Why did he choose to pattern his epic after Homer's Iliad and Odyssey? How does Virgil's context help to clarify how Augustus ushered in the era of the Pax Romana?
|
|
State what are the concentrations of all species
: What are the concentrations of all species and the pH of a buffer solution that is 0.30M NH3 and 0.3 0M NH4Br? For NH3 Kb = 1.8 X 10-5.
|
|
What do the shape of the indifference curves reflects
: Which one of the following events could not have caused a shift from isoprofit line 1 to line 2? a. The employers share of the payroll tax rate has increased and the limits expanded. b. Firms structured fringe benefits so as to increase worker produc..
|
|
Why are these acceptable in the context of myth
: In many myths, the rules and physical laws do not seem to apply to the gods. For example, gods marry their siblings, fathers give birth through their foreheads, mothers swallow their children, and so on. From your readings, identify three other examp..
|
|
State the buret is filled with the naoh titrant
: The buret is filled with the NaOH titrant and the initial volume reading is immediately recorded without waiting the recommended 10-15 seconds.
|
|
United nations be considered as a supranational entity
: Should the United Nations be considered as a supranational entity? What do you think the future of the United Nations will be like? Why?
|
|
State what is the molar concentration of free
: What is the molar concentration of free (uncomplexed) Ag+ in solution when 4.25g AgNO3 is dissolved in 100.0 mL 1.00 M NH3 aqueous
|