Income and Expenditure – End of Chapter Problems 5. The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that, in real terms, overall consumer spending increased by $345.8 billion in 2015. a. If the marginal propensity to consume is 0.50, by how much will real GDP change in response? Enter your answer in billions of dollars. Change in GDP: $ billion b. If there are no changes in autonomous spending other than the increase in consumer spending described in part a, and unplanned inventory investment, unpanned , decreases by $100 billion, what is the change in real GDP? Enter your answer in billions of dollars. Change in GDP: $ billion c. GDP at the end of 2014 was $15,982.3 billion. If GDP were to increase by the amount calculated in part b, what would be the percentage increase in GDP? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth of a percent.

Why does the united states government provide tax breaks related to the amount of money companies spend on research and development? a. to provide incentives for companies to conduct research and development to allow antitrust authorities b. to challenge joint research efforts c. to protect the right of inventors d. to produce and sell their inventions e. to involve less government scrutiny than a government funded project

Aprice ceiling is “binding” if the price ceiling is set below the equilibrium price. suppose that the equilibrium price is $5. if a price ceiling is set at $6, this will not affect the market in any way since $5 remains a legally allowable price (since $5 < $6). a price ceiling of $6 is called a “non-binding” price ceiling. on the other hand, if the price ceiling is set at $4, the price ceiling is “binding” because the natural equilibrium price is $5 but that is no longer allowed. what happens when there is a binding price ceiling? at a price below the equilibrium price, quantity demanded exceeds quantity supplied. there is a shortage. normally, price increases eliminate shortages by increasing quantity supplied and decreasing quantity demanded. in this case, however, price increases are not allowed past the price ceiling. we therefore predict that the observed market price will be right at the price ceiling and there will be a permanent shortage. the observed quantity bought and sold will be dictated by the quantity supplied at the price ceiling. although consumers would like to buy more, there are no more units for sale

Bdj co. wants to issue new 22-year bonds for some much-needed expansion projects. the company currently has 9.2 percent coupon bonds on the market that sell for $1,132, make semiannual payments, have a $1,000 par value, and mature in 22 years. what coupon rate should the company set on its new bonds if it wants them to sell at par?