The behavior of investment and real GDP in the United States after the 1990s

A) is not consistent with the two-period model with production.
B) is consistent with the effects of an increase in the government deficit in the two-period model with production.
C) is consistent with the effects of an increase in optimism about future total factor productivity in the two-period model with production.
D) is consistent with the effects of a decrease in the government deficit in the two-period model with production.


C

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