Chapter 11: Q3. (page 236)
True or False. If spending exceeds output, real GDP will decline as firms cut back on production.
Short Answer
The statement is false.
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Chapter 11: Q3. (page 236)
True or False. If spending exceeds output, real GDP will decline as firms cut back on production.
The statement is false.
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Depict graphically the aggregate expenditures model for a private closed economy. Now show a decrease in the aggregate expenditures schedule and explain why the decline in real GDP in your diagram is greater than the decline in the aggregate expenditures schedule. What term is used for the ratio of a decline in real GDP to the initial drop in aggregate expenditures?
Answer the following questions, which relate to the aggregate expenditures model:
If Ca is \(100, Ig is \)50, Xn is −\(10, and G is \)30, what is the economy’s equilibrium GDP?
If real GDP in an economy is currently \(200, Ca is \)100, Ig is \(50, Xn is −\)10, and G is \(30, will the economy’s real GDP rise, fall, or stay the same?
Suppose that full-employment (and full-capacity) output in an economy is \)200. If Ca is \(150, Ig is \)50, Xn is −\(10, and G is \)30, what will be the macroeconomic result?
A depression abroad will tend to _______ our exports, which in turn will _______ net exports, which in turn will ______ equilibrium real GDP.
reduce; reduce; reduce
increase; increase; increase
reduce; increase; increase
increase; reduce; reduce
Assuming the level of investment is \(16 billion and independent of the level of total output, complete the following table and determine the equilibrium levels of output and employment in this private closed economy. What are the values of the MPC and MPS?
| Possible Levels of Employment, Millions | Real Domestic Output (GDP = DI), Billions | Consumption, Billions | Saving, Billions |
| 40 | \)240 | $244 | |
| 45 | 260 | 260 | |
| 50 | 280 | 276 | |
| 55 | 300 | 292 | |
| 60 | 320 | 308 | |
| 65 | 340 | 324 | |
| 70 | 360 | 340 | |
| 75 | 380 | 356 | |
| 80 | 400 | 372 |
Assume that, without taxes, the consumption schedule of an economy is as follows.
GDP, Billions | Consumption, Billions |
\(100 | \)120 |
200 | 200 |
300 | 280 |
400 | 360 |
500 | 440 |
600 | 520 |
700 | 600 |
Graph this consumption schedule and determine the MPC.
Assume now that a lumpsum tax is imposed such that the government collects $10 billion in taxes at all levels of GDP. Graph the resulting consumption schedule and compare the MPC and the multiplier with those of the pretax consumption schedule.
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