Show why a $10 billion reduction in government purchases of goods and services will have a larger

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Show why a $10 billion reduction in government purchases of goods and services will have a larger effect on real GDP than a $10 billion reduction in government transfers by completing the accompanying table for an economy with a marginal propensity to consume

(MPC) of 0.6. The first and second rows of the table are filled in for you: on the left side of the table, in the first row, the $10 billion reduction in government purchases decreases real GDP and disposable income, YD, by $10 billion, leading to a reduction in consumer spending of

$6 billion (MPC × change in disposable income) in row

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Essentials Of Economics

ISBN: 9781429278508

3rd Edition

Authors: Paul Krugman, Robin Wells, Kathryn Graddy

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