An advantage of charter schools is they _____. a. educate students at a lower cost than traditional public schools b. increase the amount of competition in the public school system c. have innovative curriculums that lead to rapid student improvement in most cases d. a and b ANSWER d
Optimal constitutional rules should _____. a. be decided by a supermajority of the current legislature b. be decided by a majority of people in a society c. be agreed upon by a consensus of the writers of the constitution d. have the support of a consensus of people in a society ANSWER d
The rate of homeschooling is higher _____. a. when the mother is uneducated b. where regulations on homeschooling are onerous c. in affluent and homogenous areas d. in areas where school quality is low relative to homeschooling ANSWER d
Equity issues in taxation are inherently positive in nature. a. True b. False ANSWER b
From an economic point of view, the idea of establishing a government to further the will of the majority _____. a. means that marginal political costs and marginal political benefits are being equalized b. makes sense because the majority could exploit the minority c. does not make any sense because the majority could exploit the […]
Since there are many special interests lobbying in favor of different tax changes but no special interests lobbying in favor of the public interest, this suggests that tax code changes will _____. a. lead towards more regressive taxation b. will favor special interests c. not be in the direction of efficiency d. b and c […]
There are no indisputable principles of tax equity. a. True b. False ANSWER a
Overcrowding under public school choice is not a problem because _____. a. parents find crowded schools undesirable b. parents do not mind sending their kids to schools far away from home c. schools have the ability to drastically expand capacity in the short-run d. schools will be extremely exclusionary ANSWER a
Fair outcomes are the result of fair rules defines _____. a. a procedural theory of justice b. a constitutional theory of justice c. justice d. a consensus theory of justice ANSWER a
A charter school is an independent _____ school with _____ financing. a. private; private b. public; public c. private; public d. public; private ANSWER b