Explanation Due to decrease in tax rates, purchasing capacity increases and resource owners can hire more labor and capital. It results in increase the output (supply), employment and decrease the price level. It results in following diagram where aggregate supply curve shifts to right intersect with the same aggregate demand curve resulting in lower prices.

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Chapter 5, Problem 4.6PA

To determine

The effect when one supply side measure introduced by the Reagan administration was a cut in income tax rates.

Concept Introduction:

Supply side economics: It is a macroeconomic theory advocating decreasing the regulations and lowering the taxes.

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