Basic Assumptions of Say’s Law: * (a) Perfectly competitive market and free exchange economy. * (b) Free flow of money incomes. All the savings must be immediately invested and all the income must be immediately spent. * (c) Savings are equal to investment
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Chapter 23 Measuring a Nation’s Income TRUE/FALSE 1. In years of economic contraction‚ firms throughout the economy increase their production of goods and services‚ employment rises‚ and jobs are easy to find. ANS: F DIF: 1 REF: 23-0 NAT: Analytic LOC: The study of economics and definitions of economics TOP: Economic expansion MSC: Definitional 2. Macroeconomic statistics include GDP‚ the inflation rate‚ the unemployment rate‚ retail sales‚ and the trade deficit. ANS: T DIF: 1 REF:
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Income Inequality and the Lowest Quintile Income inequality is often associated with negative things such as decreased quality of life and a lack of social mobility. Yet‚ the lower classes are receiving less and less of the United States’ overall income while the top earners’ share is increasing. Why? This paper will explore causes of the growing income inequality as well as possible solutions to slowing it down. The income inequality gap has been growing over the past few decades‚ according to
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National Income National income is a sum of incomes received in a year by a nation’s factors of production for their contributions to economic activity; or a sum of wages and salaries‚ interest‚ rent‚ and profit received during a year by a nation’s factor of production. It excludes gifts‚ consumer debt‚ grants and benefits received without engaging in any productive or economic activity. National income accounting refers to the set of rules and techniques of measuring the income of the economy
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Income Elasticity of Demand Income Elasticity of Demand is a measure of responsiveness of demand to the changes in income and it involves demand curve shifts. It provides information on the direction of change of demand‚ given a change in income and the size of the change. Formula for YED: Percentage change in quantity demanded = %ΔQ Percentage change in income %ΔY Normal goods have a positive value of YED‚ while Inferior goods have a negative value of YED as shown
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be included (A) in or excluded (B) from gross income for the 2012 tax year. 1. Alimony | | 2. Lottery winnings | | 3. Life insurance proceeds received upon the death of a family member | | 4. Child support payments | | 5. Reimbursement of hospital expenses from a health insurance plan | | 6. Municipal bond interest | | 7. Unemployment compensation | | 8. Scholarships for tuition and books | | 9. Wages | | 10. Farm income | | 11. Inheritances | | Which of the following
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CH1 10. a) State Income - regressive b) Federal State Tax – Progressive (larger the state; larger the tax) c) Corporate & franchise tax - Progressive d) Property tax – Proportional (value of property is taxed at flat rate) e) State Sales Tax – Proportional 12. Who uses a) Property Tax – State Local b) Excise Taxes – All three (State‚ federal‚ and local) c) Sales – State and Local d) Income Tax – Federal‚ State‚ Local e) Employment – Federal‚ State‚ and
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has active income‚ from medical practice of $150‚000 (active income). He expects to receive $10‚000 in interest and dividends (portfolio income). He invests $100‚000 in Limited‚ a limited partnership (passive income). Limited lost money and Dr. Kevorkian’s share of the loss is $15‚000. In 2011 Dr. Kevorkian has the following: He has been informed that his share of Limited’s losses will be $10‚000. In January of 2011 he opens his own laboratory which will generate $30‚000 of income‚ and he spends
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(c) Assume that total household incomes rise from £500bn to £550bn. Assume that this results in the consumption of domestically produced goods and services rising from £450bn to £490bn. What is the mpcd? (Cd / (Y = £40bn/£50bn = 4/5 or 0.8 (d) Assuming that the mpcd remains constant‚ what will the level of consumption of domestically produced goods and services be if national income now rises to £700bn? If national income rises from £550bn to £700bn‚ a rise
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Income Elasticity of Demand The Income Elasticity of Demand measures the degree to which consumers respond to a change in their incomes by buying more or less of a particular good. The coefficient of income elasticity of demand is determined with the formula: (% change in quantity demanded) / (% change in income) (McConnell & Brue). Income elasticity of demand is used to see how sensitive the demand for a good is to an income change. The higher the income elasticity‚ the more sensitive demand
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