Questions from Macroeconomics


Q: Can tax revenue rise and the budget deficit decline as a result

Can tax revenue rise and the budget deficit decline as a result of an income tax rate cut? Explain your answer.

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Q: Explain how the monetarist transmission mechanism works.

Explain how the monetarist transmission mechanism works.

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Q: What do the values of the government spending and tax multipliers have

What do the values of the government spending and tax multipliers have to do with getting the biggest bang for the buck?

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Q: There is little doubt that if income tax rates are cut,

There is little doubt that if income tax rates are cut, the size of the budget deficit will increase. Do you agree or disagree? Explain your answer.

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Q: How an economist thinks the economy works—is it self-

How an economist thinks the economy works—is it self-regulating or not?—influences his opinion of the role government should play in trying to stabilize the economy. Do you agree or disagree? Explain...

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Q: Whether an economist argues in favor of a rise in government spending

Whether an economist argues in favor of a rise in government spending or a cut in taxes (as an expansionary fiscal policy measure) could have something to do with whether she views the government spen...

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Q: Whether an economist argues in favor of a rise in government spending

Whether an economist argues in favor of a rise in government spending or a cut in taxes (as an expansionary fiscal policy measure) could have something to do with how he views the current size and sco...

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Q: Whether an economist argues in favor of a rise in government spending

Whether an economist argues in favor of a rise in government spending (as an expansionary fiscal policy measure) could have something to do with the degree of crowding out he expects as a result of th...

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Q: Some economists argue that if the economy currently needs to be stimulated

Some economists argue that if the economy currently needs to be stimulated to remove it from a recessionary gap, how government spends more money (on X or Y) matters less than the fact that it spends...

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Q: Outline the details of the debate between economists who favor a rules

Outline the details of the debate between economists who favor a rules-based monetary policy and those who favor a discretionary monetary policy.

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