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a) Expenditure multiplier = 1/(1 - MPC) = 1/0.2 = 5
Increase in Government spending = 50/5 = $ 10 bn
b) Tax multiplier = -MPC/(1 - MPC) = - 0.8/0.2 = -4
Tax cut required = 50/4 = $ 12.5 bn
c) Difference is because of the different multipliers in case of expenditure and tax. A tax cut boosts demand and so does government spending.
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Instructions: In part a, round your answers to 2 decimal
places. Enter your answers as positive numbers. In part b, enter
your answers as whole numbers.
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the aggregate demand curve rightward by $50 billion?
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___billion
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Assume that a hypothetical economy with an MPC of 0.8 is
experiencing severe recession.
Instructions: In part a, round your answers to 2 decimal
places. Enter your answers as positive numbers. In part b, enter
your answers as whole numbers.
a. By how much would government spending have to rise to shift
the aggregate demand curve rightward by $50 billion?
___billion
How large a tax cut would be needed to achieve the same
increase in aggregate demand?
___billion
b. Determine...
2) During a Recession, the MPC tends to a) Increase, increases b) Decrease, decreases c) Decrease, increases d Increase, decreases which the recessionary gap 3) Suppose that the MPC is .75 and the U.S Federal Government reduces taxes by 10 million dollars. After 3 rounds of the multiplier process RGDP will change by a) 4.23 million b) 17.34 million c) 23.13 million dollars. d) 30 million 4) "George W. Bush's $152 billion tax rebate plan of 2008 was designed to...
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