Real GDP per person in Northland is $30,000

Question 1

Real GDP per person in Northland is $30,000, while real GDP in Southland is $10,000. However, Northland’s real GDP per person is growing at 1 percent per year and Southland’s is growing at 3 percent per year. If these growth rates persist indefinitely, then

Answer

Northland’s real GDP per person will decline until it equals Southland’s.

Northland’s real GDP per person will always be greater than Southland’s.

Southland’s real GDP per person will always be the same as Northland’s.

Southland’s real GDP per person will eventually be greater than Northland’s.

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Question 2

If the production function for an economy is Y = A KaL1-a, then the production function in per capita terms (using lower case letters to denote per capita variables and assuming all people are workers) is

Answer

y = ka

y = Aka

y = Akal1-a

y = l1-a

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Question 3

To achieve long-run equilibrium in an economy with a recessionary gap, output will ______ and the inflation rate will _____.

Answer

increase; increase

increase; decrease

increase; not change

decrease; decrease

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Question 4

At long-run equilibrium, inflation _______ and output equals ______.

Answer

equals the value determined by past expectations and pricing decisions; potential output.

equals the value determined by past expectations and pricing decisions; the level of short-run equilibrium output consistent with that inflation rate

equals the value consistent with potential output; the level of output consistent with zero inflation

is stable; potential output.

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Question 5

Consider the country of Solow, which is described by the Solow-Swan model. Let the saving rate q = 0.8; let the population growth rate n = 0.05; let the rate of depreciation d = 0.05. If per capita income y = 100 and the per capita stock of capital k = 800, then:

Answer

replacement investment is 60, saving is 80 and k will decrease towards the steady state per capita capital stock.

replacement investment is 80, saving is 80 and k is at the steady state per capita capital stock.

replacement investment is 80, saving is 60 and k will decrease towards the steady state per capita capital stock.

replacement investment is 80, saving is 60 and k will increase towards the steady state per capita capital stock.

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Question 6

If population growth is minus two per cent and the depreciation rate of capital is five per cent, then by how much would the capital stock have to grow just to satisfy the need for replacement investment?

Answer

3 percent

4 percent

1 percent

7 percent

10 percent

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Question 7

If policymakers attempt to offset a favourable inflation shock with monetary _____, the resulting long-run equilibrium will be at _____ inflation rate compared with allowing the self-correcting mechanism to return the economy to potential output.

Answer

tightening; a higher

tightening; a lower

easing; a higher

easing; a lower

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Question 8

Total production in the economy is described by the production function Y=AKaL1-a. Capital in use is equal to 25 units, labour in use is equal to 25 units, A is equal to 2 units and a = 0.5. Output per worker is equal to

Answer

2 units.

1 unit.

25 units.

50 units.

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Question 9

The following table gives you information regarding two economies Shrek Republic and Farquaad Republic. Assume the participation rate is constant and equal to 100 percent in both economies.

Shrek Republic

Farquaad Republic

Population growth rate

2 percent

15 percent

Growth rate of Productivity

7 percent

3 percent

Growth rate of GDP

9 percent

18 percent

The growth in the standard of living of Farquaad Republic will be ________ than Shrek Republic because ___________.

Answer

higher, because its growth rate of per-capita output is higher

lower, because its growth rate of output is lower

lower, because its growth rate of population is lower

lower, because its growth rate of per-capita output is lower

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Question 10

Assume that the share of population employed in all countries is 50 per cent. Based on the information below, which country has the highest real GDP per capita?

Country

Population (millions)

Average Labour Productivity ($)

A

100

2,000

B

150

10,000

C

75

25,000

D

250

50,000

E

95

60,000

Answer

Country A

Country B

Country C

Country D

Country E

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Question 11

Which of the following factors would not be useful when a policymaker aims to achieve a higher standard of living for her country in the long run?

Answer

Using expansionary fiscal and monetary policy to raise the level of demand in the economy.

Raising the number of years of schooling and the level of skills of workers

Encouraging people to save more, leading to increased capital accumulation.

Spending more on research and development (R&D)

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Question 12

According to the Solow-Swan model, for a country that is initially in steady state, if the technology parameter A (denoting secondary factors) rises, then

Answer

the per capita capital stock initially decreases, then returns to its initial steady state level.

the per capita capital stock decreases and the country moves to a new lower steady state level of per capita income.

the per capita capital stock initially increases, then returns to its initial steady state level.

the per capita capital stock increases and the country moves to a new higher steady state level of per capita income.

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Question 13

Starting from a long-run equilibrium, a reduction in potential output leads to _____ gap in the short run and to ___ rates of inflation in the long run.

Answer

an expansionary; higher

an expansionary; lower

no output; higher

a recessionary; higher

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Question 14

Growth of real GDP per person is totally determined by the growth of average

Answer

labour productivity and the proportion of the population employed.

labour productivity and the proportion of the population in the labour force.

labour force participation and the share of income going to capital.

labour force participation and the share of the population employed.

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Question 15

Disinflation is

Answer

negative inflation, also called deflation.

a substantial increase in the rate of inflation.

a substantial decrease in the rate of inflation.

a zero inflation.

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Question 16

Let the saving rate q = 0.8; let the population growth rate n = 0.025; let the rate of depreciation d = 0.025. If per capita income y = 100, then the steady state per capita capital stock in the Solow-Swan model is

Answer

160

1600

800

80

2000

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Question 17

Consider the country of ‘Swan’, which is described by the Solow-Swan model. Let the saving rate q = 0.8; let the population growth rate n=0.05; let the rate of depreciation d = 0.05. If per capita income y=100 and the per capita stock of capital k = 600, then

Answer

Dk = 0 and k is at the steady state per capita capital stock.

Dk = 20 and k is below the steady state per capita capital stock.

Dk = -20 and k is above the steady state per capita capital stock.

Dk = -20 and k is below the steady state per capita capital stock.

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Question 18

The self-correcting tendency of the economy means that rising inflation eventually eliminates

Answer

expansionary gaps.

recessionary gaps.

exogenous spending.

induced spending.

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Question 19

Suppose that the saving rate for an economy is 0.8; the level of per capita capital stock is 100; the rate of depreciation is 0.03 and the rate of population growth is 0.02. What is the level of per capita income if this economy is in steady state?

Answer

6.25

625

2.5

3.75

4.75

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Question 20

Suppose the country of ‘Neo’ is in steady state in the Solow-Swan growth model and decides that its growth rate of per capita income is too low. In response, it decides to raise its savings rate. This has the effect of

Answer

temporarily raising per capita income growth as the economy moves to a new steady state, but no long-run effect on per capita income growth.

raising per capita income growth in both the near term and in the new steady state.

raising steady state per capita income growth in the long run but has no immediate effect on per capita income growth.

raises the replacement investment required for any given level of per capita capital stock.