Since lower-income people spend a larger proportion of their ...

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Since lower-income people spend a larger proportion of their incomes on groceries than do higher-income people, if grocery stores were required by law to charge a 10-cent fee for disposable bags, this fee could be considered a
 
  A) progressive tax. B) proportional tax. C) regressive tax. D) income tax.

Question 2

Refer to Table 19-8. Suppose that a simple economy produces only four goods and services: sweaters, CDs, sugar, and soft drinks.
 
  Assume one half of the sugar is used in making the soft drinks and the other half of the sugar is purchased by households. Calculate nominal GDP for this simple economy.

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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

Nominal GDP equals (50  50 ) + (150  10 ) + ((600  .5 )  1)) + (800  0.75 ) = 4,900.