ECON 103 Exam#2

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ECON 103 Quiz am ECON 103 Exam#2, erstellt von Natalie Balzert am 07/11/2016.
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Aggregate Supply represents:
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  • total expenditure in the economy
  • total production in the economy
  • total of all wages paid in the economy
  • a and b only
  • a, b, and c

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Two other names for the LRAS is [blank_start]Natural Real GDP[blank_end], [blank_start]Full Employment Real GDP[blank_end].
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  • Natural Real GDP
  • Full Employment Real GDP

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An oil price decrease in the US should shift:
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  • aggregate demand to the left
  • aggregate supply to the left
  • aggregate demand to the right
  • aggregate supply to the right

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An oil price decrease in the US should increase prices and lower Real GPD.
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  • True
  • False

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An increase in the money supply would shift:
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  • aggregate demand to the left
  • aggregate supply to the left
  • aggregate demand to the right
  • aggregate supply to the right

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A government budget cut would shift:
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  • aggregate demand to the left
  • aggregate supply to the left
  • aggregate demand to the right
  • aggregate supply yo the right

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A government budget cut would:
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  • increase prices and lower Real GDP
  • increase prices and raise Real GDP
  • decrease prices and lower Real GDP
  • decease prices and raise Real GDP

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An increase in US imports would:
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  • increase prices and lower Real GDP
  • Increase prices and raise Real GDP
  • decrease prices and lower Real GDP
  • decrease prices and raise Real GDP

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In a Classical view of the world, what factor makes savings equal to investment?
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  • wages
  • interest rates
  • neither a or b
  • a and b together

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Classical economists believe the government never should try to balance the economy, it is better left alone.
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  • True
  • False

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Say's Law is:
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  • good money drives bad money out of the circulation
  • production creates the income necessary to buy everything produced
  • prices must adjust so that all goods produced are sold
  • equilibrium always exists

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Classical economists believe that in the long run, whether or not there is unemployment is determined solely by aggregate supply, not aggregate demand.
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  • True
  • False

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If my wage was $10 per hour and bread cost $2.50 per loaf last month and this month my wage is $9 per month and bread costs $3 per loaf, my nominal wage has fallen and my real wage has risen.
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  • True
  • False

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[blank_start]Thomas Malthus[blank_end] was the person who believed that population growth would outpace the food supply.
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  • Thomas Malthus

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A recessionary gap would be eliminated, according to Classical economists:
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  • only through government spending and taxing changes
  • because wages fall, without any government spending action
  • because wages fall, caused by actions of the government
  • because wages rise, without any government action

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Classical economists believed the economy would reach a "stationary state" in the long run.
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  • True
  • False

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Classical economics is based on the concept that markets always give the correct price and that they move to that price quickly.
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  • True
  • False

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Suppose my income this month is $8,000 and I spent $7,000, and last month my income was $6,000 and I spent $6,000. What is my MPC? My MPC is [blank_start]0.5[blank_end].
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  • 0.5

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If my MPC is what you calculated previously, a &50 billion increase in government spending would cuase how big a change in GDP? $ [blank_start]100[blank_end] B.
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  • 100

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A recessionary gap would be eliminated, according to Keynesian economists:
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  • only though government action
  • because wages fall, without any government action
  • because wages fall, caused by actions of the government
  • because wages rise, without any government action

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To Keynes, the most common cause of recessions is not enough:
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  • consumption
  • investment
  • savings
  • prices

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According to Keynes, in the long run we are all [blank_start]dead[blank_end].
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  • dead

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According to Keynes, the most important determinant of investment is [blank_start]expectations[blank_end].
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  • expectations

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Keynes' other expression for the previous answer is [blank_start]Animal Spirit[blank_end].
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  • Animal Spirit

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In Keynes' view, savings and investment do not have to be equal, where in the Classical view they always were.
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  • True
  • False

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Keynes believed the Great Depression came about because:
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  • wages did not fall far enough
  • wages did not fall fast enough
  • wages fell, but prices didn't
  • none of the above

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Keynes' theory is based primarily around:
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  • aggregate demand
  • aggregate supply
  • using both aggregate demand and aggregate supply together
  • 2:30 in the afternoon

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According to Keynes, the most important determinant of savings is [blank_start]income[blank_end].
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  • income

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According to the Classical Theory, savings and investments are determined by [blank_start]interest rates[blank_end].
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  • interest rates

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[blank_start]Arthur Laffer[blank_end] is the person who is thought of as the creator of supply side economics.
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  • Arthur Laffer

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According to supply side theory, the Reagan and Bush tax cuts which targeted the rich will [blank_start]trickle down[blank_end] to the poor and middle class, helping everyone eventually.
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  • trickle down

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One legacy of supply side economics is that we now care anout what variable in macroeconomics that we did not before?
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  • investment
  • nominal wages
  • worker productivity
  • taxes

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According to your professor, John Lennon was killed by [blank_start]income taxes[blank_end].
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  • income taxes

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The equation of exchange is [blank_start]MV[blank_end] = [blank_start]PQ[blank_end].
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  • MV
  • PQ

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[blank_start]Milton Friedman[blank_end] is the person we associate with this equation in modern times.
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  • Milton Friedman

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The equation of exchange as interpreted by the person in the previous question says that increases in the money supply cause inflation and decrease in the money supply cause recessions.
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  • True
  • False

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The Neo-Classical [blank_start]Synthesis[blank_end] is the bringing together of Classical and Keynesian theory into modern economic theories.
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  • Synthesis

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New Keynesian economists blame recessions on:
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  • "sticky" wages and prices
  • lack of spending
  • supply shocks
  • effective demand failures

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New Classical economists blame recessions on:
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  • "sticky" wages and prices
  • lack of spending
  • supply shocks
  • effective demand failures

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Ben Bernanke, former chair of the Federal Reserve, blames the 2007 recession om too much savings coming into the United States, mostly from China.
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  • True
  • False

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Both New Keynesians and New Classicals believe the economy works according to Classical theory in the long run.
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  • True
  • False

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Aggregate Demand is:
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  • total expenditure in the economy
  • total production in the economy
  • total consumer activity in the economy
  • both a and b

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Keynesian economists believed that interest rates are determined by:
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  • savings and investment
  • supply and demand for money
  • supply and demand for investment
  • money and savings

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According to the Keynesians, the economy may be in disequiliribium.
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  • True
  • False

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The key to supply side economics is [blank_start]incentives[blank_end].
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  • incentives

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According to a Keynesian, _____ is the most volatile factor of the following:
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  • consumption
  • taxes
  • savings
  • investment

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Supply Side economics was correct in predicting that deregulation targeted at individual industries would improve the performance of the whole economy.
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  • True
  • False

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Most modern economists are:
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  • New Monetarists
  • New Keynesians
  • New Classicals
  • New Orleans

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The Laffer Curve says that there is a trade-off between inflation and unemployment.
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  • True
  • False

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New Classicals argue that new technologies destroy old jobs before they create many new jobs.
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  • True
  • False
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