A) increase the efficiency of gift-giving because they allow the recipient to consume goods that provide greater utility and transfer away those goods that are less satisfying.
Utility is the satisfaction that a consumer gets from a good or service, and picking the items that they want themselves provides the best efficiency of choosing goods.
Answer:
Product modification
Explanation:
Product modification means changing something about the product itself- in this case the type of container it comes it. Line extension would mean creating <em>new </em>products, not changing existing ones.
Answer:
regressive
Explanation:
A regressive tax is basically a tax whose rate increases as your income decreases. Generally you do not need to increase the marginal tax rate of lower income levels, all you need to do is have a flat tax that taxes everyone with the same amount. E.g. everyone pays $2,000 as income taxes. $2,000 per person represents 10% of the first household's income, but it only represents 2.7% of the fourth household's income.
On the other hand, progressive taxes increase as the income level of the taxpayers increases.