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Faculty of Management Technology Economics C Department

Macroeconomics (ECON403) S21 Prof. Christian Schubert

Quiz Two

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ID: ______________________ Tutorial Number: ______________________

(I) Solve all of the following MCQs in the below table:

(1) The quits rate measures the…


(a) Percentage of people who expect to be unemployed soon
(b) Percentage of people who leave their job voluntarily
(c) Percentage of people who quit smoking (per month)
(d) Non-economic growth
(e) None of the above

(2) When, by shifting AD, it succeeds in closing an inflationary gap, government…


(a) Increases P and reduces Y
(b) Decreases P and decreases Y
(c) Leaves P and Y unchanged
(d) Decreases P and increases Y
(e) None of the above.

(3) 1 / 1 – [MPC (1 – t)], that’s…


(a) Nonsensical, a fantasy expression
(b) The multiplier in a model without government
(c) Ricardian equivalence
(d) The multiplier in a model with taxes
(e) The Keynesian consumption function

(4) In 2009/10, the gap between Greece and German government bond yields widened
dramatically. That signaled…
(a) That Greece experienced an economic boom
(b) That Greece was still a beautiful country
(c) That Germany was in a recessionary gap
(d) That Greece was losing the trust of international investors/lenders
(e) None of the above
Faculty of Management Technology Economics C Department
Macroeconomics (ECON403) S21 Prof. Christian Schubert

(5) “By increasing the interest rate, government borrowing crowds out private investment!”
That claim
(a) Is correct
(b) Is wrong
(c) Is wrong if initially, the economy has underemployed resources
(d) Is wrong if initially, the economy operates above potential output
(e) None of the above.

(6) Unemployment is worse than inflation!” That’s a…


(a) Positive statement
(b) Negative statement
(c) Normative statement
(d) Nonsense statement
(e) None of the above

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Faculty of Management Technology Economics C Department
Macroeconomics (ECON403) S21 Prof. Christian Schubert

(II) Problem Questions

Assuming a starting point at the long-run equilibrium, what happens if there is a negative
demand shock? Please sketch this negative demand shock in a fully labelled diagram. State how
the government can respond to help close this gap.

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