Which tax revenue given in the graph will be generated by two different tax rates?
A. F
B. G
C. H
D. I
D. I
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Starting from long-run equilibrium, a large decrease in government purchases will result in a(n) ________ gap in the short-run and ________ inflation and ________ output in the long-run.
A. expansionary; lower; potential B. expansionary; higher; potential C. recessionary; lower; potential D. recessionary; lower; lower
Everything else held constant, a depreciation of the domestic currency will cause the IS curve to shift to the ________ and aggregate demand will ________
A) right; increase B) right; decrease C) left; increase D) left; decrease
Why is the production possibilities frontier concave to (bowed away from) the origin?
A) Consumers have declining marginal utility, so their relative satisfaction from consuming a good changes as they move from high levels to low levels of consumption. B) The shape of the curve is due to the marginal costs of producing the two goods. At high levels of output for a particular good, the marginal cost is very high, and the firm can use the same inputs to produce a relatively large quantity of the other good. C) For a production possibilities frontier, we no longer assume firms are price takers, and the input prices and output prices change as the firms alter their mix of outputs. D) none of the above
Assume that an unemployed person expects inflation to be 4.5 percent. In reality, inflation turns out to be 2.9 percent. If wage expectations lag behind actual price changes:
a. job offers below the reservation wage will decline, and the unemployment rate will rise. b. job offers above the reservation wage will rise, and the unemployment rate will fall. c. job offers above the reservation wage will decline, and the unemployment rate will rise. d. job offers above the reservation wage will decline, and the unemployment rate will fall. e. job offers below the reservation wage will increase, and the unemployment rate will fall.