Congratulations. You’ve been appointed economic adviser to the president of Happ
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Question
Congratulations. You’ve been appointed economic adviser to the president of Happyland. Your research assistant says the country’s mpe is 0.7 and autonomous investment has just risen by $30.
Instructions: Enter your responses rounded to the nearest the whole dollar amount.
a. What will happen to income?
Income will (Increase or decrease) by $_______.
b. Your research assistant comes in and says he’s sorry but the mpe wasn’t 0.7; it was 0.6. How does your answer change?
The income will (Increase or decrease) by $________.
c. He runs in again and says exports have fallen by $12 and investment has risen by $12. How does your answer change?
Explanation / Answer
MPE = 0.7
Investment rises by $30.
(a) By increase in investment,income will also increase. Because Y= C+I+G+NX where C is consumption , I=investment, G=government and NX=Net exports.
Change in Y = 1/(1-MPE)(Change in inestment)
Change in Y = [1/(1-0.7)[30]
Change in Y = 1/0.3 [30]
Change in Y = 100
Therefore, Income will increase by $100.
(b) MPE =0.6
Then Change in Y = 1/(1-0.6) [30]
Change in Y = 1/0.4 (30)
Change in Y =$75.
Therefore, Income will increase by $75.
(c) If exports have fallen by $12 and investment has risen by $12. Then answer will not change because increase in investment cancels out the decrease in exports. Fall in exports ,decreases income and rise in investment , increases income.