Raising taxes on gasoline __________ the price of gasoline and __________ the number of gallons purchased.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

raises; lowers

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The health care system in the United Kingdom is referred to as ________, under which the government owns most of the hospitals and employs most of the doctors

A) an out-of-pocket system B) a single-payer health care system C) a universal health insurance system D) socialized medicine

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If a firm sells its product in a monopolistic market, even though the firm operates in a perfectly competitive labor market, the firm will employ workers up to the point where

A) TR = TC. B) the MRP = the wage rate. C) the MRP = the marginal physical product of labor. D) the MRP = the output price.

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