| |
| |
|
Microeconomics, 15/e
Campbell R. McConnell, University of Nebraska, Emeritus
Stanley L. Brue, Pacific Lutheran University
Chapter 18 Public Choice Theory and the Economics of Taxation
|
|
|
|
|
Web-Based Questions
|
|
Web-Based Questions
- Web-Based Question: Bureaucracy
and inefficiency-the post office versus UPS Some economists contend
that public agencies generally are less efficient than private businesses.
United Parcel Service (UPS) competes directly with the U.S. Postal Service
for express mail and packages. Assume you need to send an express letter and
a three-pound package from your address to either New York City or Los Angeles.
On the basis of their interactive rate and options calculators at www.ups.com
and www.usps.com, which service is more competitive as to price and
delivery? Does a lower rate with greater delivery options mean greater efficiency?
Why or why not?
- Web-Based Question: Federal Tax-Rate
Cuts-Did They Occur? In spring 2001 the Bush Administration proposed
sizable cuts in personal income tax rates. The internal Revenue Service (IRS)
provides current tax tables online at www.irs.ustreas.gov.
Select Tax Info for You and Tax Tables. Compare the rates shown with the 2000
tax rates listed in Table 5.1 on page 87 of this book. Did Congress reduce
Federal income tax rates? If so, update Table 5.1.
|
|
|
|
Copyright ©2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies.
Any use is subject to the
Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
McGraw-Hill Higher Education is one of the many fine businesses of the
The McGraw-Hill Companies.
|
|
Interactive Graphs
Origin of the Idea
Analogies, Anecodotes, and Insights