When Federal Reserve Banks add to their holdings of government securities,
A) commercial banks must reduce their net lending.
B) commercial bank reserves increase.
C) the Fed is extending less credit to the economy.
D) the stock of money declines.
Question 2
Households in the former Yugoslavia were required to declare the number of radios and television sets they owned, and to pay a monthly tax on each. From the perspective of the free-rider problem, the radio and TV taxes attempted to
A) generate negative externalities on Yugoslav households.
B) generate positive externalities on Yugoslav households.
C) coerce households into paying for the radio and television broadcasts.
D) coerce households into listening less to radio and watching less television.
