Exam 19: Building Theories to Explain Everyday Life: From Observations to Questions to Theories to Predictions

People may vote in a presidential election if

-Refer to Exhibit 32-1.The exhibit shows the breakdown of benefits and costs for a four-person town of a proposed $1,200 purchase of books for the public library.How will each of the four persons,A-D,vote? (The first answer in the list is how person A would vote,the second is how person B would vote,and so on,so that "for" indicates that the individual would be in favor of having the additional books purchased by the library.)

Congressperson A: "If you approve that new water treatment plant in my district,I'll vote to keep the Air Force base open in your district." Congressperson B: "It's a deal." This is an example of

"My opponent in this election says she wants a balanced federal budget,but won't say how it would be achieved." This candidate is trying to

-Refer to Exhibit 32-l.The exhibit shows the breakdown of benefits and costs for a four-person town of a proposed $1,200 addition in books to the public library.The members of the community get to vote on the project at hand,and the majority rules.Given the data,the $1,200 will

A person will become informed on a political issue if

A public choice theorist would be most likely to say that government failure is a consequence of the

According to public choice theorists,people in the market sector and people in the public sector have __________,and (but)sometimes act differently because of different __________ arrangements in the two sectors.

Competition for votes between two political parties will cause those parties to

Simple majority voting sometimes leads to projects being undertaken whose costs are greater than the benefits.How is this possible?

Persons who choose not to become informed on political and governmental matters because they feel that the costs of becoming informed exceed the benefits of becoming informed are

"In two hours the polls will close.I know I should probably vote,but it is raining,and besides,there is a basketball game on TV tonight,so I'll just stay in." This person is exhibiting

Suppose candidate A is conservative and candidate B is liberal and both are currently positioned away from the "middle ground" toward their respective ends of the political spectrum.We would expect that as the campaign draws closer to election day,

The median voter model predicts that

Which of the following statements about a political campaign is false?

A candidate who understands that in a two-person race the person closer to the center of the voter distribution will win is likely to

Suppose U.S.peanut butter producers are facing increased foreign competition.Which argument is least likely to be used by the U.S.firms' lobbyists to urge legislation to restrict imports of peanut butter?

Would we expect the "average" person to take more time to learn about the car he or she is considering purchasing or about the issues in the upcoming U.S.Senate race in his or her state?

Public choice theory assumes that those involved in the public sector are generally motivated by

Public choice refers to