1) Assume that Canadian government taxes away $0.15 of each dollar of new income, that 35% of the remaining $0.85 of disposable income is spent on imports, and that 2% of disposable income is saved. Enter your responses below rounded to 2 decimal places. a. The marginal propensity to withdraw is  . b. From each new dollar of income $  is spent on domestic consumption items. c. The value of the Canadian spending multiplier is  .

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1) Assume that Canadian government taxes away $0.15 of each dollar of new income, that 35% of the remaining $0.85 of disposable income is spent on imports, and that 2% of disposable income is saved. Enter your responses below rounded to 2 decimal places.

a. The marginal propensity to withdraw is  .

b. From each new dollar of income $  is spent on domestic consumption items.
c. The value of the Canadian spending multiplier is  .

 

2) In each case below a particular fiscal policy affects an economy's AD curve via the spending multiplier. Calculate the spending multiplier and find the direction and size of the shift in the AD curve. Enter your responses for the spending multiplier rounded to 2 decimal places, and size of the shift of the AD curve rounded to 1 decimal place. Do not put minus signs in your answers.


a. If government purchases increase by $3 billion in an economy with an MPW of 0.65 then the spending multiplier is  and the AD curve finally shifts to the           by $  billion.


b. If government purchases decrease by $7 billion in an economy with an MPC of 0.20 then the spending multiplier is  and the AD curve finally shifts to the           by $  billion.


c. If a $5 billion tax rise occurs in an economy with an MPW of 0.60 then the spending multiplier is  and the AD curve finally shifts to the           by $  billion.

 

3)  A decrease in government purchases of $8 billion leads to an initial $4 billion decrease in withdrawals.


a. In this case MPW is  , MPC is  , and the spending multiplier in this economy is  . Enter your responses for marginal propensities and multiplier values rounded to 2 decimal places.


b. With this change in government purchases the AD curve shifts to the           by $  billion. Enter your response for the size of the curve shift rounded to 1 decimal place. Do not put a minus sign in your answer.


c. As a result of this shift the equilibrium price level will           and equilibrium real output will          



d. If a $2 billion tax cut causes an initial $0.3 billion increase in spending on domestic items then the spending multiplier is  and the AD curve finally shifts to the           by $  billion.

 

4) n each of the following cases, calculate the values of MPC, MPW, and the spending multiplier. Enter your responses below rounded to 2 decimal places.

c. A $9 million decrease in income causes a $6.75 million drop in withdrawals. MPC is therefore  , MPW is  and the spending multiplier is

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