Suppose Berylia's marginal propensity to consume is 0.8 . A recessionary gap of $200 exists in this economy. In order to close this gap, the government should increase its aggregate expenditures by _____
a. $40
b. $100
c. $200
d. $80
a
You might also like to view...
The most important thing about higher labor productivity is that it means
A) we can compete well with other nations. B) we are doing better than anyone else is. C) we can achieve a happier population. D) we can have a higher standard of living.
The above figure shows the U.S. market for chocolate. With no international trade, producer surplus is equal to
A) area A + area B + area C + area D. B) area B + area C + area D + area E. C) area B + area C + area D. D) area C + area D. E) area E.
If asset returns are less than perfectly correlated, portfolio diversification
A) reduces systematic risk. B) reduces nonsystematic risk. C) increases systematic yields. D) reduces systematic yields.
Distinguishing between stock measures and flow measures of the labor force, the stock measures are
A) the labor force only. B) the number of people who lost their jobs and the number of people who found jobs only. C) the total number of people who are unemployed only. D) the total number in the labor force and the total number of people who are unemployed only.