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In 1936, _____ published The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money, the book that transformed macroeconomics.
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John Maynard Keynes
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According to the text, the _____ is the building block for the LM curve.
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Theory of Liquidity Preference
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If the government purchases increase, then the planned expenditure line:
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Shifts upwards
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The relationship between the interest rate and the level of income where the money market is equilibrium is called the _____ curve.
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LM
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A decrease in taxes or an increase in government spending will:
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Shift the IS curve to the right
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According to the liquidity preference theory:
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Both the price level and the supply of money are determined exogenously
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An increase in taxes will cause the IS curve to:
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Shift to the left
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Suppose that the demand for real balances is (M / P)d = (5Y) - (20r). If the supply of real balances is 400, and the gross domestic product is 90, then the equilibrium interest rate is:
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2.5
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The book that substantially changed macroeconomics in 1936 was:
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The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
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The price level is considered an exogenous variable in the liquidity preference theory because the:
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Model studies the short run, in which the price level is fixed
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An increase in government purchases will cause the IS curve to:
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Shift right
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The LM curve represents a locus of points where the:
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Money market is in equilibrium
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At a point to the left of the IS curve, planned spending _____ actual spending.
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Exceeds
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According to the theory of liquidity preference, the demand for money in the United States is determined by the:
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Interest Rate
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When the economy is producing MORE than the equilibrium level, unplanned inventory:
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Investment will occur, and firms will be induced to decrease production
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The theory of liquidity preference is a model of the determination of:
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Interest rates in the short run
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All else equal, an increase in government purchases by 100 will:
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Shift the IS curve to the right by 100/(1-MPC)
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Suppose that the investment curve is I = 500 - 50r, and that the marginal propensity to consume is 0.8. If the interest rate falls from 5 percent to 3 percent, then the rise in Y required to maintain equilibrium in the goods market is:
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500
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A decrease in taxes will cause the IS curve to:
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Shift right
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A country with a higher marginal propensity to consume will have _____ a country with a lower marginal propensity to consume.
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a flatter IS curve than
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In the liquidity preference theory, the money supply curve is drawn as a ____line in a graph in which real balances are on the x-axis and interest rates are on the y-axis.
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Vertical
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In the Keynesian cross model, suppose that the marginal propensity to consume is 0.75, and both government purchases and taxes are increased by $100. In this case, income will:
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Increase by 100
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According to the liquidity preference theory, a decrease in the money supply will, all else constant, will cause:
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A higher equilibrium interest rate
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An increase in the money supply will cause the LM curve to:
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Shift to the right
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The IS curve is the locus of (Y, r) points where the:
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Goods market is in equilibrium
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The negative relationship between the interest rate and the level of income that give equilibrium in the market for goods and services is called the _____ curve.
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IS
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Suppose that the demand for real balances is (M / P)d = (5Y - (20r). If the point Y = 100, and r = 5 is on the LM curve, and Y = 110, then the value of r giving money market equilibrium is:
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7.5