In economics, the multiplier effect refers to the fact that when there is an injection of money to consumers, the consumers spend a certain percentage of it. That amount recirculates through the economy and adds additional income, which comes back to the consumers and of which they spend the same percentage. This process repeats indefinitely, circulating additional money through the economy. Suppose that in order to stimulate the economy, the government institutes a tax cut of $16 billion. If taxpayers are known to save 7% of any additional money they receive, and to spend 93%, how much total money (T) will be circulated through the economy by that single $16 billion tax cut? (Enter your answer rounded to the nearest whole number.) T≈ billion dollars

In economics, the multiplier effect refers to the fact that when there is an injection of money to consumers, the consumers spend a certain percentage of it. That amount recirculates through the economy and adds additional income, which comes back to the consumers and of which they spend the same percentage. This process repeats indefinitely, circulating additional money through the economy. Suppose that in order to stimulate the economy, the government institutes a tax cut of $16 billion. If taxpayers are known to save 7% of any additional money they receive, and to spend 93%, how much total money (T) will be circulated through the economy by that single $16 billion tax cut? (Enter your answer rounded to the nearest whole number.) T≈ billion dollars

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Chapter11: Fiscal Policy

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In economics, the multiplier effect refers to the fact that when there is an injection of money to consumers, the consumers spend a certain percentage of it. That amount recirculates through the economy and adds additional income, which comes back to the consumers and of which they spend the same percentage. This process repeats indefinitely, circulating additional money through the economy. Suppose that in order to stimulate the economy, the government institutes a tax cut of $8 billion. If taxpayers are known to save 7% of any additional money they receive, and to spend 93%, how much total money (T) will be circulated through the economy by that single $10 billion tax cut?
A tax rebate that returns a certain amount of money to taxpayers can have a total effect on the economy that is many times this amount. In economics, this phenomenon is called the multiplier effect. Suppose, for example, that the government reduces taxes so that each consumer has $2000 more income. The government assumes that each person will spend 70% of this (= +1400). The individuals and businesses receiving this $1400 in turn spend 70% of it (= +980), creating extra income for other people to spend, and so on. Determine the total amount spent on consumer goods from the initial $2000 tax rebate.
Theoretically, a decline in G such as the one in the first question leads to a change in equilibrium Y, Ye. First, give the simple equation for how much a change in autonomous government spending changes Ye. Second, we expect that the fall in G will lead to a fall in Ye that is even greater in dollars than the change in G and this will be due to the multiplier effect. Please explain how this multiplier effect (not the multiplier itself but rather the process that shows how spending ripples down through the economy) where a rise in G of $100 billion leads to a change in Ye of more than $100 billion. Once done, answer the following: if the size of the MPS rises as people become more concerned about the possible coming recession what will happen to the amount by which Ye changes with a given rise in G? Explain in words why this change makes sense.
In order to financially stimulate the nation, the Federal government injected $900 billion dollars into the economy. However, the results were less than spectacular. One reason could have been a failure to understand the marginal propensity to consume. Assume the marginal propensity to consume (MPC) was only 0.4. How much of that $900 billion went to increased consumption? Where did the rest of the money go? Increased consumption: Where did the rest go? Using MPC = 0.4, what is the spending multiplier (the actual numerical value please): What was the overall change in income as a result of the stimulus package after the multiplier completely works its way through the economy?
Suppose economists observe that an increase in government spending of $10 billion raises the total demand for goods and services by $30 billion.a. If these economists ignore the possibility of crowding out, what would they estimate the marginal propensity to consume (MPC) to be? b. Now suppose the economists allow for crowding out. Would their new estimate of the MPC be larger or smaller than their initial one? I dont understand question b. Hope you can help me explain it elaborately. Thank you!
Suppose that the marginal propensity to consume is 0.75. If the government decreases spending by Ksh 500 billion, what is the change in output? If the government decreases taxes by Ksh 500 billion, what is the change in (ii) output? If the government decreases transfer payments by ksh 500 billion, what is the change in output If the government decreases spending by ksh 500 billion and at the same time decreases taxes by ksh 500 billion, what is the change in output?
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