Assume that the government increases spending and finances the expenditures by borrowing in the domestic capital markets. If the nation has low mobility international capital markets and a flexible exchange rate system, what happens to the quantity of real loanable funds per time period and current international transactions in the context of the Three-Sector-Model?
a. The quantity of real loanable funds per time period falls, and current international transactions become more negative (or less positive).
b. The quantity of real loanable funds per time period rises, and current international transactions become more negative (or less positive).
c. The quantity of real loanable funds per time period and current international transactions remain the same.
d. The quantity of real loanable funds per time period rises, and current international transactions remains the same.
e. There is not enough information to determine what happens to these two macroeconomic variables.
.B
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A) zero. B) $180,000. C) $120,000. D) $20,000.
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a. the difference between the earnings of a low risk asset and a high risk asset b. premium paid to a security holder to compensate him for bearing a higher risk c. both A&B d. none of the above