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Author: Roger A. Arnold
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 18, Problem 1WNG
To determine
Calculation of tax multiplier and spending multiplier.
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A. If your MPC = 0.6 and government spending (G) increases by $800.
What will happen to the equilibrium income?
The Effect of Taxation:
Tax Multiplier = -MPC X Spending Multiplier
Problems:
B. If the MPC = 0.8 and taxes go up by $1000, what will happen to the equilibrium income?
Please fully complete both problems.
Suppose that real GDP for an economy is currently 16,000 billion, the government
purchases multiplier is 2.2 and the tax multiplier is -1.2.
If the government deploys additional spending of 600 billion and cuts taxes by 120
billion, where will GDP end up (in billion)?
Calculate the government spending and tax multipliers for each income bracket, considered separately.
MPC
Tax Multiplier
Income/spending
Multiplier
Household income
0-$30,000
$31,000-50,000
$51,000-80,000
$80,000 and above
0.9
0.8
0.75
0.6
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