Fiscal policy is government action to influence aggregate demand and in turn to influence the level of real GDP and the price level, through:
a. expanding and contracting the money supply.
b. regulation of net exports.
c. changes in government spending and/or tax revenues.
d. encouraging businesses to invest.
c
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Holding other factors constant, if the retirement of many in people in the post-war baby boom generation reduces the portion of the population is the labor force, then the real wages of workers will ________ and employment of workers will ________.
A. increase; increase B. decrease; not change C. decrease; increase D. increase; decrease
The above figure shows the utility of wealth curve for a homeowner whose only possession is a $50,000 house. If there is a 20 percent chance that the home could be entirely destroyed, what is the person's expected wealth?
A) $10,000 B) $20,000 C) $30,000 D) $40,000
A plausible elasticity of investment with respect to the user cost is
A. 0.52 B. 1.62 C. 0.40 D. 2.22
Which of the following stands true for factors that affect changes in productivity across countries and over time?
a. It is more difficult to measure changes in the quality of goods than changes in the quality of services. b. As energy prices go up, energy-efficient capital goods become obsolete. c. It is believed that productivity grows more slowly in manufacturing industries than in services, because of the less labor-intensive nature of manufacturing industries. d. The key to efficient production is the allocation of resources to their best use. e. The greater the productivity, the more efficient the allocation of resources, and the less developed a country's financial market would be.