Which of the following is correct? Exchange-rate-based measures of income per capita are identical to PPP-based measures. PPP rate-based measures of income are generated by the market. The gap between the income per capita of the U.S. and the income per capita of poorer countries is smaller when PPP-based measures are used. The gap between the income per capita of the U.S. and the income per capita of poorer countries is smaller when exchange rate-based measures are used.

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Which of the following is correct?

  • Exchange-rate-based measures of income per capita are identical to PPP-based measures.
  • PPP rate-based measures of income are generated by the market.
  • The gap between the income per capita of the U.S. and the income per capita of poorer countries is smaller when PPP-based measures are used.
  • The gap between the income per capita of the U.S. and the income per capita of poorer countries is smaller when exchange rate-based measures are used.

Suppose the GDP growth resulting from physical capital in an economy is 1%, and the growth resulting from human capital is 2%. If the annual growth rate of GDP is 5%, the growth resulting from technology equals:

  • 1%
  • 2%
  • 3%
  • 4%

Net investment is equal to:

 

  • The change in the stock of capital

  • Gross investment plus depreciation

  • Replacement investment

  • The change in the capital stock plus depreciation.

Which of the following is the most critical factor contributing to poverty reduction across the world?

 

  • Sustained economic growth
  • Policies of income redistribution by governments.
  • Foreign aid.
  • Education



 Exponential growth implies that:

 

  • Relatively small differences in growth rates translate into substantial differences in the level of a quantity after many years of growth. 
  • Growth rates can only be positive.
  • Growth rates will alternate between positive and negative values in every consecutive period.
  • Relatively large differences in growth rates will translate into small differences in the level of a quantity after many years of growth
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