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Question 1

The presence of externalities favors ________ and the presence of other distortionary taxes favors ________.


◦ nonneutral taxes; nonneutral taxes
◦ neutral taxes; nonneutral taxes
◦ nonneutral taxes; neutral taxes
◦ neutral taxes; neutral taxes

Question 2

Which of the following illustrates the principle of second best?


◦ The government imposes taxes on cigarettes and the tax revenue collected is used to pay for health care.
◦ The government decides to impose taxes on all automobiles rather than imposing a tax only on luxury automobiles.
◦ The government imposes a tax on a meat processing plant that equals the cost of cleaning the lake damaged by the waste discharged into the lake by the meat processor.
◦ A tax imposed on land, because this tax distorts economic decisions less than taxes on other factors of production.


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