πŸ“Š Managerial Economics
Q. According to the concept of rational expectations
  • (A) Budget deficits are irrelevant to output in the short-run
  • (B) Higher deficits should increase output in the short run if they are expected
  • (C) Lower deficits can be used to stabilize output during expansions
  • (D) None of these
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Budget deficits are irrelevant to output in the short-run
πŸ“Š Managerial Economics
Q. Automatic stabilizers drive changes in
  • (A) The total deficit
  • (B) The cyclical deficit
  • (C) The structural deficit
  • (D) Monetary policy
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) The cyclical deficit
πŸ“Š Managerial Economics
Q. The cyclical deficit is that portion of the deficit
  • (A) That results form the economy being below the natural rate of output
  • (B) That would exist even if the economy were at its natural rate of output
  • (C) Is a function of the level of automatic stabilizers
  • (D) Both a & c
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Both a & c
πŸ“Š Managerial Economics
Q. In the IS-LM model, an easy monetary in conjunction with a tight fiscal policy
  • (A) Increases exports and decreases imports
  • (B) Decreases exports and increases imports
  • (C) Encourages foreign capital inflows to the U.S.
  • (D) Both b and c
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Both b and c
πŸ“Š Managerial Economics
Q. The structural deficit is the deficit that
  • (A) Is composed by of non discretionary spending by the federal government
  • (B) Results from the economy being below is natural rate of output
  • (C) Exists when output is at its natural rate of output
  • (D) Results from temporary tax cuts
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Exists when output is at its natural rate of output
πŸ“Š Managerial Economics
Q. From the net tax function: T=t0+t1Y,where t0<0 and t1>0, it follows that, as income rises
  • (A) average taxes falls and the surplus declines
  • (B) average taxes rises and the deficit increases
  • (C) average taxes falls and the deficit declines
  • (D) average taxes and the deficit do not change
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) average taxes falls and the deficit declines
πŸ“Š Managerial Economics
Q. Assuming a simultaneous deduction in income taxes and transfer payments of $50 billion, then aggregate disposable income will
  • (A) be higher than before
  • (B) be lower than before
  • (C) remain constant
  • (D) none of the above
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) remain constant
πŸ“Š Managerial Economics
Q. Which of the following statements are(is) correct?
  • (A) Expansionary monetary policy and expansionary fiscal that leads to budget deficits create low interest rates
  • (B) High interest rates in the first half of the 1980s resulted from falls in the budget deficit under the Reagan administration
  • (C) The best monetary-fiscal policy mix to keep interest rates low would be to raise taxes and raise the money supply
  • (D) The answer depends upon the school of thought used to evaluate the effects of deficit policies
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) The answer depends upon the school of thought used to evaluate the effects of deficit policies
πŸ“Š Managerial Economics
Q. Advocates of the public-choice view argue that elected officials
  • (A) Will always respond to inflation with expansionary policies but will respond to unemployment with restrictive policies
  • (B) Will actively respond to inflation with restrictive policies but are reluctant to respond to unemployment with expansionary policies
  • (C) Will always respond to both inflation and unemployment with expansionary policies
  • (D) None of the above
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) None of the above
πŸ“Š Managerial Economics
Q. During the recession of 2001,
  • (A) There were a number of proposals for tax increases or spending cuts to stir the economy, but the failed due to worries about their effects on the already largedeficit
  • (B) A series of tax cuts were passed, though the only occurred in late 2001
  • (C) All the proposed tax and spending cuts were approved in order to motivate the economy and reduce the large deficit
  • (D) The cyclical deficit increased but the structural deficit remained unchanged
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) A series of tax cuts were passed, though the only occurred in late 2001