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If you were the employer, how might you frame the choice to encourage the defined contribution rather than the defined benefit plan?
Evaluate investing the trust fund partially in equities and raising the age for eligibility for retirement benefits.
Do you think the Social Security system as a whole is progressive, regressive, or proportional in its effect on the lifetime distribution of earnings?
What factors other than spending per student might influence the comparative performance of students. What kinds of changes might influence student performance?
Would you look for another place to shop or continue to shop there but voice your dissatisfaction? What factors might influence your decision?
How would you take into account the additional costs of educating students with special needs-physical or learning disabilities and poverty background?
If you are at a private institution, do the search for a nearby public college. How has the public subsidy per student changed in current and constant dollars?
What is the rationale in terms of appropriate public subsidy for each type of student? Consider equity and efficiency issues in your answer.
Explain how the Tiebout model results in beneficial competition between school districts for higher income residents?
What is the (opportunity) cost of one house in Year 1? What is the (opportunity) cost of one unit of food in Year 2?
Using the information on the web site for the Social Security Administration. What percentage of earnings are replaced in each case?
What is a federal government budget deficit? What is the national debt? How does a budget deficit affect the economy?
Evaluate this proposal from both efficiency and equity perspectives. How would you decide how much to increase the fee?
How should the cost of each of the following services be distributed? What role can fees and charges play in each instance?
How might these differences affect decisions about locating multinational firms in each country? Would certain types of industry be more sensitive to taxes?
Behavioral economics. What aspects of the property tax contribute to making it more unpopular than income and sales taxes?
At an interest rate of 6 percent, how would this tax increase affect the market value of this property?
What are the incentive and disincentive effects of an estate and/or inheritance tax on work, saving, consumption, and investment?
Summarize the arguments about the regressivity or progressivity of the property tax. How might you attempt to verify which view is correct?
What are the costs and benefits of limiting a property tax to real property (land and buildings) instead of expanding it to include other forms of wealth?
What kinds of firms or individuals might be attracted to a country, or state, that relies primarily on sales taxes as opposed to income and payroll taxes?
What role might tastes and preferences, or addiction, play in each case?
What if the VAT instead replaced the state retail sales tax? Who would be the gainers and losers in each case?
How much additional revenue can you expect in the first year, ignoring any growth in population of smokers? By how much will smoking be reduced?
What are the advantages and drawbacks of the United States relying so heavily on income taxes?