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7. Consider the following income-expenditure model of a closed economy. The aggregate consumption function is C = 100 +0.8(Y – T); taxes are T = 380; investment, I, is 300 and government expenditure, G, is 200.
( a)Calculate the multiplier, equilibrium income and the government budget surplus [6 marks]
(b)Now let taxes, T = 10 + 0.25Y. Recalculate the multiplier, equilibrium income and the government budget surplus. Try to explain any differences between your answers and your answers to part (a). [10 marks]
( c)Now we further extend the model and open the economy to trade. Let net exports be NX = 444 - 0.3Y. Keep the tax function as in (b). Recalculate the multiplier and equilibrium income and again explain any differences between your answers and those in part (b). [10 marks]
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