Exam 32: Public Choice and Special-Interest-Group Politics

Public choice theorists insist that when a person goes from public to private employment,his or her motivations __________ while the institutional arrangements shaping his or her actions __________.

Rational ignorance is

Three persons,A,B,and C,will use a simple majority vote to determine whether some good will be purchased.Each person's "tax share" of the purchase price of the good will be $25.Person A receives $30 worth of benefits from the good,person B receives $26 worth of benefits from the good,and person C receives $2 worth of benefits from the good.It follows that __________ person(s)will vote for the good,__________ person(s)will vote against it,and that the outcome is __________.

In the median voter model,we assume that

Society as a whole is made worse off by rent seeking behavior by producers.

Grown children fawning over an elderly parent in order to try to secure a larger inheritance is an example of

Political candidates running for the same office tend to voice

If it is assumed that people vote for the candidate who comes closer to matching their own views,then

Most voters choose not to be informed about political and governmental issues because they are not smart enough to really understand the issues.

One U.S.Senator promises to vote for a measure that another U.S.Senator wants only if the favor is returned in kind.This is an example of

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