| 22. Which of the following fiscal programs is least likely to act as an automatic stabilizer during periods of economic recession and boom? 
 Select exactly 1 answers from the following:
 A. Progressive income tax.
 B. Balanced federal budget.
 C. Unemployment compensation.
 D. Progressive corporate profit tax.
 答案和详解如下!
 Feedback: Correct answer: B
  
 Economics: Private and Public Choice, 10th edition, James D. Gwartney, Richard L. Stroup, Russell S. Sobel, and David A. Macpherson (South-Western, 2003), pp. 277-279  2006 Modular Level I, Vol. II, pp. 37-40Study Session 4-15-d identify automatic stabilizers and explain how such stabilizers work  
 Automatic stabilizers tend to create a budget deficit during an economic recession and a budget surplus during an economic boom; a balanced federal budget, by definition, creates neither deficit nor surplus. 
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