Jorge martinez is a well-educated entrepreneur who operated a small business in his home country of fiorentina. at the encouragement of his american relatives, jorge recently immigrated to the united states and applied for u. s. citizenship. "in fiorentina, tax rates were very high," jorge complained. "the government used the taxes i paid to finance all sorts of social programs to the less fortunate. while this is a noble goal, it has really undermined the profit incentive of individuals such as me. i really feel that these high taxes have stifled economic growth." jorge's comments illustrate the reason many socialist countries are experiencing a(n):

Individual consumers belong to which step of choosing a target market? possible customers competition demographics communication

In year 1, the bennetts' 25-year-old daughter, jane, is a full-time student at an out-of-state university but she plans to return home after the school year ends. in previous years, jane has never worked and her parents have always been able to claim her as a dependent. in year 1, a kind neighbor offers to pay for all of jane's educational and living expenses. which of the following statements is most accurate regarding whether jane's parents would be allowed to claim an exemption for jane in year 1 assuming the neighbor pays for all of jane's support? a. no, jane must include her neighbor's gift as income and thus fails the gross income test for a qualifying relative. b.yes, because she is a full-time student and does not provide more than half of her own support, jane is considered her parent's qualifying child. c.no, jane is too old to be considered a qualifying child and fails the support test of a qualifying relative. d.yes, because she is a student, her absence is considered as "temporary." consequently she meets the residence test and is a considered a qualifying child of the bennetts.

Suppose there is a 6 percent increase in the price of good x and a resulting 6 percent decrease in the quantity of x demanded. price elasticity of demand for x is a. 0 b. 6 c. 1 d. 36