Consider an economy in which the marginal propensity to consume is 0.8 and GDP is currently at 12,000. a) The government wishes to increase GDP to 13,000, and it is considering changing only one of its fiscal tools: 1. government purchases 2. taxes 3. transfer payments How much would the government have to change each of these fiscal policy tools to achieve its goal? (Use the simple spending multiplier for this part and below.)

Consider an economy in which the marginal propensity to consume is 0.8 and GDP is currently at 12,000. a) The government wishes to increase GDP to 13,000, and it is considering changing only one of its fiscal tools: 1. government purchases 2. taxes 3. transfer payments How much would the government have to change each of these fiscal policy tools to achieve its goal? (Use the simple spending multiplier for this part and below.)

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Chapter30: Government Budgets And Fiscal Policy

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