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ECN 211
exam 2
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Economics
Undergraduate 1
03/30/2011

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operating at full employment GDP, recession occurs, what happens to government budget?
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The budget will show a deficit
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Which of the following does NOT explain...aggregate demand schedule...negatively sloped...domestic price level
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The profit effect
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When profit maximizing businesses experience unplanned raises in production...what will occur in next production period?
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reducing production
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Which of the following "real world" circumstances...1970's...Keynesian theory
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the price level and the unemployment rate were both increasing
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Which of the following explains the upward sloping segment of aggregate supply schedule?
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a higher domestic price level creates opportunities for additional profits because some costs of production are fixed will not immediately rise as more output is produced
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calculate the value of the marginal propensity to CONSUME(MPC)
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80%
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Say's law states that
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Supply creates its own demand
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Which of the following statements about the effects of inflation is correct?
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If inflation rate exceeds the rate of interest charged by banks on fixed-rate loans, the "real" rate of interest received by the banks is negative
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GDP equilibrium is $400 and full employment GDP is $600 with a 25%
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$50
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The fundamental conclusion Keynesian macroeconomic theory was
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A market economy can be in equilibrium at any level of GDP
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Which of the following expenditure categories was NOT assumed autonomous in Keynesian theory?
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Consumption expenditures
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The fundamental conclusion of Classical macroeconomic theory was that
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A market economy can be in equilibrium only at the full employment level of GDP
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Which demand-side, discretionary fiscal policy would shift the aggregate demand schedule is correct?
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A fall in the domestic price level will cause imports to rise and exports to fall
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Automatic fiscal stabilizers
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Are generally thought to be more powerful that the discretionary fiscal policy tools
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economy is operating in classical range of aggregate supply schedule. In this case, an increase in aggregate demand would
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Increase the price level and have no impact on real GDP
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nominal price of gas is $1.00 in 1988, $2.00 in 2001 nd $6.00 in 2006. If CPI had a value of 100 in 88, 50 in 01, and 200 in 06, which year was the price calculated in 1988 dollars the highest?
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1988
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Suppose fixed market basket of goods upon which CPI is based consists of 40 units of X, 1 unit of Y, and 5 units of Z. In 2003: the P(x) was $2, the P(y) was $10, and the P(z) was $2. In 2004 the P(x) was $3, P(y) was $15 and the P(z) was $2. If 2003 is base year, what is CPI in 2004?
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135
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Which of the following is NOT automatic fiscal stabilizer?
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The Unemployment Insurance Program
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The Laffer Curve is a schedule that shows the relationship between which two economic variables?
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Income tax rates and total tax collections
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Classical economic theory viewed the aggregate supply schedule for the economy to be:
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upward-sloping but not vertical as the economy approaches the full employment GDP
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Which of the following statements about eh multiplier effects associated with demand-side discretionary fiscal policy is correct?
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The value of the tax multiplier is opposite in numerical sign to the multiplier for changes in government expenditures
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suppose business firms are CURRENTLY producing a GDP that is smaller than what people wish to buy. Which of the following must be correct?
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The current level of GDP must be equal to the full employment level of GDP
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The effect of a rightward shift of the AD schedule on real GDP and the domestic price level is correctly explained as
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causing an increase in real GDP and a reduction in the domestic price level in the "Classical range" of the aggregate supply schedule
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Which of the following would NOT cause the aggregate supply schedule to shift to the right?
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Lower income tax rates
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