According to the Random-Walk Hypothesis of Consumption under Uncertainty, individuals don’t need to optimise their consumption over time since the consumption is totally unpredictable” True or False?

Q: State whether the statement is true or false The value of a average propensity to save can never be…

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Q: Permanent Income of consumption is just the average of all current and future incomes. Thus, one…

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Q: The figure below shows a simple macroeconomic consumption model. The letters N and D indicate…

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Q: What is the Euler equation for consumption, and what is its economicinterpretation?

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Q: Explain the term random walk in consumption. Under what conditions will consumption follow such a…

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Q: Aggregate consumption varies less than GDP and aggregate investment varies more. Can you reconcile…

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Q: Calculate the value of average propensity to consume if consumption is $6300 and the income is $6500

A: The average propensity to consume (APC) is a tally of the percentage of disposable income spent. The…

Q: Suppose that the linear equation for consumption in a hypothetical economy is C = 40 + .8Y. Also…

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Q: How do the life-cycle and permanent-income hypotheses resolve the seemingly contradictory pieces of…

A: The disposable income is the income after tax rate. The disposable income can be either saved or…

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Q: The Wilson family has a disposable income of $70,000 annually. Currently, the Wilson family spends…

A: To calculate the annual consumer spending of the family.

Q: Explain consumption function, with the help of a schedule and diagram (I need correct answer…

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Q: How to calculate marginal propensity to consume

A: The marginal propensity to Consume is the metric that quantifies the induced consumption of the…

Q: If a household’s income falls from R12 000 to R10 000, and its consumption falls from R9 500 to R8…

A: Marginal propensity to consume is the slope of the consumption function. Consumption refers to the…

Q: Explain why changes in consumption are unpredictable if consumers obey the permanent-income…

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Q: Can you tell me what the implication of the "Euler equation of consumption " do and what the meaning…

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Q: In the IS curve, consumption is represented as a constant fraction of [Select ] , and, therefore, is…

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Q: Summarize the main implications of the neoclassical consumption model forconsumption and saving.

A: The neoclassical model of consumption is based on the assumption that consumers derive their utility…

Q: Suppose that the economy is characterized by the following behavioral equations! C = 180 + 0.80Y, /=…

A: Aggregate expenditure function: AE = C + I + G => AE = 180 +0.80 YD + 140 + 160 Note: YD = Y - T…

Q: Suppose Bank of England is considering using the tool of cutting interest rates to boost household…

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Q: If the multiplier is 4 and the investment function is: I=200. What is the value of the marginal…

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Q: What is the consumption function for this economy?

A: Autonomous consumption ( a ) = 100 Autonomous Investment = 100 Marginal propensity to consume = 0.75…

Q: If the value of average propensity to save is -0.9 what will be the value of average propensity to…

A: APS = -0.9

Q: Choose the correct answer: . If consumption is $25,000 when income is $26,000, and consumption…

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Q: Empirical evidence suggests that many consumers tend to spend all of their current disposable income…

A: Current disposable income may be spent immediately or may not be spent immediately. It will depend…

Q: If a household’s income falls from R12 000 to R10 000, and its consumption falls from R9 500 to R8…

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Q: Sum of average propensity to consume and marginal propensity to consume is always equal to 1.  True…

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Q: (c) In general, if consumption is given by the function C = A + MPC*DI, then saving will obey the…

A: Marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is the change consumption spending (C) by consumer due to the…

Q: Calculate the propensity to consume.

A: The propensity to consume means change in consumption with respect to change in income. In other…

Q: The position of IS curve depends on_______. Select one: a. none of the given options b. rate of…

A: The IS (Investment- Savings) curve shows the various combinations of the rate of interest and the…

Q: Suppose that the economy is characterized by the following behavioral equations: C= 120 + 0.90Y, |=…

A: Gross domestic product (GDP): - GDP is the market value of all final goods and services produced in…

Q: Fisher's two period model implies that as long as consumption in both periods is as a normal good,…

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Q: Given the Marginal Propensity to Consume,                  Cʹ (Y) = 0.8 + 0.1 Y-1/2 And the…

A: The consumption function depicts the relationship between the consumption and the disposable income.…

Q: Suppose that the economy is characterized by the following behavioral equations: C = 180 + 0.80YD 1=…

A: Disposable income refers to the income which is left by a person after paying taxes.

Q: Assume an intertemporal budget constraint that shows how consumption can be traded off between two…

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Q: Explain the term random walk in consumption. Under what conditions will consumption follow such a…

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Q: What is the consumption function? What is the marginal propensity to consume? What does an…

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Q: 1. Graphing the consumption function from the MPC Consider a hypothetical economy in which the…

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Q: Find average propensity to save if average propensity to consume is 0.34

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Q: Multiple choice question and give a short explanation about your answer: According to the Fisher…

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Q: Question 2: a. Discuss and graphically depict Keynes’s three conjectures about the consumption…

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Q: From the Intertemporal Choice Model, many theories (non-Keynesian theories of Consumption) came into…

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Q: It is possible that the interest rate might affect consumption spending. An increase in the interest…

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Risk and Uncertainty

Uncertainty refers to a situation when there is one possible outcome of a decision but where the probability of occurrence of each particular outcome is not known or cannot be estimated.