In our construction of the savings and investment model, weconsidered government spending to be immediate spending. In otherwords, there was no “investment” component to government spending.Let’s change up that assumption. Suppose government spending comesin two types: investment spending (new airports, for example) aswell as government consumption (snow plowing, for example). Callthe first GI and the second GCE

In our construction of the savings and investment model, weconsidered government spending to be immediate spending. In otherwords, there was no “investment” component to government spending.Let’s change up that assumption. Suppose government spending comesin two types: investment spending (new airports, for example) aswell as government consumption (snow plowing, for example). Callthe first GI and the second GCE

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Chapter11: Managing Aggregate Demand: Fiscal Policy

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