If the marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is 0.75 and if policy makers wish to increase real GDP by $300 million to fight a recession, then by how much would taxes have to change?
a. -$30 million
b. -$50 million
c. -100 million
d. -300 million
b
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In the figure above, originally the apartment rental market is in short-run and long-run equilibrium with a rent of $600 per month. Then the government imposes a rent ceiling of $500 per month. The deadweight loss is borne by
A) the producers only. B) the consumers only. C) all producers and some consumers. D) all consumers and some producers.
Under the Bretton Woods system, an asymmetry in the ability of central banks to defend their exchange rates existed because
A) a country experiencing a balance of payments surplus was limited in its ability to defend its exchange rate by its stock of international reserves. B) a country experiencing a balance of payments deficit was limited in its ability to defend its exchange rate by its stock of international reserves. C) central banks were allowed by the IMF to adjust their exchange rates upward whenever they chose, but were rarely allowed to adjust their exchange rates downward. D) central banks were allowed by the IMF to adjust their exchange rates downward whenever they chose, but were rarely allowed to adjust their exchange rates upward.
A price ceiling can often be viewed as: a. the government setting price above market equilibrium price
b. an implicit tax on producers and an implicit subsidy to consumers. c. the government setting price below market equilibrium price. d. Both b and c.
Tina withdraws $20,000 from her money market account to start up her own house cleaning business. Over that time, the account would have earned 3 percent interest. In order to properly account for all costs of her business, Tina must not forget:
A. the opportunity cost of $2,600. B. the opportunity cost of $600. C. the fixed cost of $20,600. D. the fixed cost of $20,600 and the opportunity cost of $600.