The use of macroeconomic policies to smooth or moderate the business cycle is known as
A) aggregate demand management.
B) aggregate supply management.
C) automatic stabilization.
D) discretionary policy.
A
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Considering the tax and transfer system in the United States, the poor receive
A) less in benefits than they pay in taxes, and so do the rich. B) more in benefits than they pay in taxes, and so do the rich. C) less in benefits than they pay in taxes, and the rich receive more in benefits than they pay in taxes. D) more in benefits than they pay in taxes, and the rich receive less in benefits than they pay in taxes.
A pattern in the coefficients of the time fixed effects binary variables may reveal the following in a study of the determinants of state unemployment rates using panel data:
A) macroeconomic effects, which affect all states equally in a given year. B) attitude differences towards unemployment between states. C) there is no economic information that can be retrieved from these coefficients. D) regional effects, which affect all states equally, as long as they are a member of that region.
Table 36-1Suppose the economy of Macroland is described by the following:C = 200 + 0.8 DI (DI = disposable income)I = 300 + 0.2Y?50r (Y = GDP)(r, the interest rate, is measured in percentage points. For example, a 9 percent interest rate is r = 9).For this economy, assume that the Federal Reserve uses its monetary policy to peg the interest rate atr = 5G = 750T = 0.25YX = 200M = 150 + 0.2YHint: DI = Y?T From Table 36-1, compute equilibrium GDP for Macroland.
A. 3,000 B. 2,950 C. 2,625 D. 2,525
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