Assume that all taxes are lump-sum, net exports = 0, and the marginal propensity to consume is 0.8. Then, if investment and taxes were each to fall by $100 million, the equilibrium level of income would

A) rise by $100 million.
B) fall by $100 million.
C) rise by $500 million.
D) fall by $500 million.


B

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