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According to kenes, low income and high unemployment in economic downturns are because of
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low aggregate demand
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In classical theory, national income depends on ________, but keynes proposed that _________ determined national income
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aggregate supply, aggregate demand
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The IS-LM model takes ________ as exogenous.
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The price level
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A variable that links the market for goods and services and the market for real money balances in the IS-LM model is the:
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interest rate
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In the IS-LM model, which two variables are influenced by the interest rate
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demand for real money balances and investment spending
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The IS curve plots the relationship between the interest rate and _____ that arises in the market for _______.
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national income, goods and services
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For the purposes of the Keynesian cross, planned expenditure consists of:
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planned investment, government spending and consumption expenditures.
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In the keynesian-cross model, actual expenditures equal:
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GDP
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In the Keynesian-cross model, actual expenditures differ from planned expenditures by the amount of:
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unplanned inventory investment
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Planned expenditure is a function of:
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national income and planned investment, government spending, and taxes
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When planned expenditure is drawn on a graph as a function of income the slop of the line is
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between zero and one
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When drawn on a graph with Y along the horizontal axis and PE along the vertical axis the line showing planned expenditure rises to the:
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right with a slope of less than one
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The equilibrium condition in the keynesian-cross analysis in a closed economy is:
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actual expenditure equals planned expenditure
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With planned expenditure and the equilibrium condition Y=PE drawn on a grph with income along the horizontal axis, if income exceeds expenditure, then income is to the ______ of equilibrium income and there is unplanned inventory _________.
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right, accumulation
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According to the analysis underlying the Keynesian cross, when planned expenditure exceeds income:
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unplanned inventory investment is negative
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When firms experience unplanned inventory accumulation, they typically:
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lay off workers and reduce production
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The Keynesian cross shows:
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equality of planned expenditure and income in the short-run.
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The government-purchases multiplier indicates how much ______ changes in response to a $1 change in government purchases.
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income
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In the Keynesian-cross model, if the MPC equals .75, then a $1 billion increase in the government spending increases planned expenditures by _______ and increases the equilibrium level of income by _________.
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$1 billion; more than $1 billion
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According to the Keynesian-cross analysis, when there is a shift upward in the government-purchases schedule by an amount of ΔG and the planned expenditure schedule by an equal amount, then equilibrium income rises by:
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ΔG divided by the quantity one minus the marginal propensity to consume
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In the Keyneisan-cross model, if government purchases increase by 100, then planned expenditures _______ for any given level of income.
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increase by 100
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In the Keynesian-cross model, if government purchases increase by 250, then the equilibrium level of income
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increases by more than 250
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In the Keynesian-cross model, fiscal policy has a multiplier effect on income because fiscal policy:
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changes income, which changes consumption, which further changes income.
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According to the Keynesian-cross analysis, if MPC stands for marginal propensity to consume, then a rise in taxes of ΔT will:
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