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CLEP Macroeconomics: Measurement Of Economic Performance - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Fiscal Policy changes that increase or decrease equilibrium expenditure will increase or decrease _________ ________.
expansionary fiscal policy
supply-side
aggregate demand
Say's Law
2. Slope of savings function is equal to...
MPS
do not
aggregate expenditure curve
consumption expenditure
3. An increase in public debt will have little or no effect on real output or employment because people will choose to save more money
international prices - international trade agreements - and real GDP in the rest of the world
Ricardian Equivalence Theorum
aggregate expenditure
imports
4. Claims that expansionary fiscal policy will increase interest rates and reduce investment
Keynesian model
SRAS curve
MPS
crowding out effect
5. Contractionary fiscal policy would be used to counteract _________
structural deficit
inflation
left
disposable income
6. Opposite of traditional view; supply side effects are dominant
supply-side
political process
increases
Say's Law
7. Factors that change domestic imports
output
international prices - international trade agreements - and real GDP in the rest of the world
contractionary fiscal policy
MPC x (1 - the marginal tax rate)
8. The average tax rate rises with GDP
progressive tax system
MPC out of real GDP
international prices - international trade agreements - and real GDP in the rest of the world
crowding out effect
9. What changes government expenditure
political process
at equilibrium expenditure
multiplier
aggregate demand
10. As real GDP increases - disposable income increases - but by ___ than the increase in real GDP because net taxes also increase.
less
aggregate expenditure curve
disposable income
long-run
11. C + I + G + N - import function
do not
aggregate expenditure curve
fiscal policy
international prices - international trade agreements - and real GDP in the rest of the world
12. The time of production during which there are only essentially variable costs
Keynesian theory's criticism
long-run
progressive tax system
autonomous expenditure
13. Appropriate changes in government expenditures that occur naturally
do not
automatic stabilizers
aggregate expenditure
aggregate expenditure curve
14. 'Supply creates its own demand.'
15. According to classical theory - this is vertical
Keynesian theory's criticism
LRAS curve
Classical Theory of Employment
short-run
16. According to classical theory - demand for this creates unemployment
short-run
traditional view of fiscal policy
increases
wages
17. The government's attempt to influence the economy by setting and changing taxes - transfer payments - and expenditures on goods and services
long-run
do not
fiscal policy
autonomous expenditure
18. Changes in real GDP DO or DO NOT change domestic exports.
do not
equation of marginal propensity to import
contractionary fiscal policy
output
19. A decrease in government expenditures or an increase in taxes
inverse relationship
contractionary fiscal policy
automatic stabilizers
short-run
20. Changes in real GDP DO or DO NOT change government expenditure.
structural deficit
aggregate expenditure
do not
aggregate demand
21. Changes in real GDP DO or DO NOT change investment plans.
larger
Say's Law
do not
SRAS curve
22. Made up of autonomous expenditure and induced expenditure
2.86
equation to determine a multiplier
multiplier
aggregate expenditure
23. The part of aggregate planned expenditure that does not change when real GDP changes
recession
4 assumptions of Classical Model
autonomous expenditure
aggregate demand
24. The purchase of foreign goods or services
expected rate of profit and real interest rate
imports
aggregate expenditure schedule
consumption expenditure
25. Savings in circular flow diagram is...
expansionary fiscal policy
crowding out effect
aggregate expenditure schedule
leakage
26. Demand side effects are large; supply side - small
multiplier
short-run
traditional view of fiscal policy
increases
27. A capitalist economy does not tend to employ its resources fully
28. The time of production during which there are fixed and variable costs
AE curve
recession
short-run
long-run
29. According to classical theory - an increase in AD increases the price level but not the level of...
2.86
output
inflation
exports
30. A deficit that persists during full employment
expansionary fiscal policy
structural deficit
equation of marginal propensity to import
automatic stabilizers
31. The magnitude of the multiplier depends on the ___ _____
Ricardian Equivalence Theorum
AE curve
Classical Theory of Employment
increases
32. If the MPC is 0.65 - what is the multiplier?
2.86
SRAS curve
crowding out effect
expected rate of profit and real interest rate
33. Goods or services produced in a given nation and sold to customers in other nations
disposable income
exports
expansionary fiscal policy
cyclical deficit
34. Sizes of MPS and multiplier
contractionary fiscal policy
inverse relationship
LRAS curve
Keynesian theory's criticism
35. Equation for MPC out of real GDP
MPC x (1 - the marginal tax rate)
4 assumptions of Classical Model
equation of marginal propensity to import
do not
36. Inventories remain at their target levels when....
at equilibrium expenditure
cyclical deficit
inflation
2.86
37. Spending for the production and accumulation of capital goods and additions to inventory
Keynesian theory's criticism
long-run
investment
short-run
38. The larger the MPC - the ______ the multiplier
larger
expansionary fiscal policy
inverse relationship
progressive tax system
39. Real GDP - net taxes
disposable income
expected rate of profit and real interest rate
aggregate expenditure
inflation
40. Lists the level of aggregate planned expenditure at each level of real GDP
larger
progressive tax system
fiscal policy
aggregate expenditure schedule
41. When a fiscal expansion occurs at Potential GDP the Short-Run Aggregate Supply curve (SAS) shifts _____.
Say's Law
left
do not
progressive tax system
42. An increase in government expenditures or a decrease in taxes
left
induced expenditure
MPS
expansionary fiscal policy
43. The amount by which a change in aggregate expenditure is multiplied to determine the change in equilibrium expenditure and real GDP
multiplier
AE curve
at equilibrium expenditure
inflation
44. A change in equilibrium expenditure divided by a change in aggregate expenditure
fiscal policy
disposable income
supply-side
equation to determine a multiplier
45. A deficit that arises out of a recession
cyclical deficit
increases
progressive tax system
Ricardian Equivalence Theorum
46. Most economic theory is based on this
do not
Keynesian model
AE curve
Keynesian theory's criticism
47. The part of aggregate planned expenditure that does change when real GDP changes
induced expenditure
exports
crowding out effect
do not
48. The level of aggregate expenditure when aggregate planned expenditure equals real GDP
equilibrium expenditure
cyclical deficit
SRAS curve
imports
49. According to Keynesian theory - this is horizontal
long-run
SRAS curve
MPS
expansionary fiscal policy
50. Dictates rises and falls in consumption expenditure
MPC out of real GDP
Keynesian theory's criticism
left
do not