In: Economics
PLEASE ANSWER C&D ONLY . THE REST HAS ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED.
Say the marginal tax rate is 20 percent and that government
expenditures do not change with output. Say also that the economy
is at potential output and that the deficit is $450 billion.
a. What is the size of the cyclical deficit?
Answer = $0
b. What is the size of the structural deficit?
Answer = $450 billion.
c. How would your answers to a and b change if
the deficit was still $450 billion but output was $200 billion
below potential?
Instructions: Round your
answers to the nearest whole dollar amount. Leave no cell blank.
You must enter "0" for the answer to grade correctly.
Cyclical deficit is $
__________billion.
Structural deficit is $ ________
billion.
d. How would your answers to a and b change if
the deficit was still $450 billion but output was $350 billion
above potential?
Instructions: Round your
answers to the nearest whole dollar amount. Leave no cell blank.
You must enter "0" for the answer to grade correctly.
Cyclical surplus is _________ $
billion.
Structural deficit is ___________$
billion.
Answer:
C]
Marginal tax rate is 20%
Actual deficit is $450 billion
The economy is operating $200 billion below its potential. This implies that the actual output in the economy is smaller than the potential output by $200 billion or potential output is greater than the actual by $200 billion
Thus Potential output- Actual output = $200
Cyclical deficit = Tax rate * (Potential output- Actual output)
= 20% * 200
= $40 billion
Therefore Cyclical deficit is $40 billion
Structural deficit = Actual deficit – Cyclical deficit
= 450 – 40 = $410 billion
Cyclical deficit is $
40 billion.
Structural deficit is $ 410 billion.
D]
Marginal tax rate is 20%
Actual deficit is $450 billion
The economy is operating $350 billion above its potential. This implies that the actual output in the economy is greater than the potential output by $350 billion or potential output is smaller than the actual by $350 billion
Thus Potential output- Actual output = - $350 billion
Cyclical surplus = Tax rate * (Potential output- Actual output)
= 20% * (-350)
= - $70 billion
Therefore Cyclical surplus is -$70 billion
Structural deficit = Actual deficit – Cyclical surplus
= 450 – (-70) = 450 + 70 = $520 billion
Cyclical
surplus is -$70 billion.
Structural deficit is $520
billion.