Which of the following is an example of an efficiency-equity trade-off faced by economic agents?
A) Concerned about the falling birth rate, the French government has pledged more money for families with three children, in an effort to encourage working women to have more babies.
B) All New York City art museums are considering adopting a free-admission policy for local residents one weekend per month.
C) According to an article by in the American Journal of Public Health by Edward Kaplan and Michael Merson of Yale University School of Medicine, the federal government's current method of allocating HIV-prevention resources is not cost-effective. Instead of allocating resources to states in proportion to reported AIDS cases, resources should flow first to those activities that prevent more infections per dollar and then to less and less effective combinations of programs and populations until funds are exhausted, even if it means that some populations would be left without any prevention services.
D) Some U.S. colleges are actively recruiting foreign students for their technology-based programs.
Question 2
The owner or owners control the day-to-day activities of which of the following types of business?
A) corporations and partnerships B) sole proprietorships and corporations
C) partnerships and sole proprietorships D) only corporations
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