Assume the economy is in short-run equilibrium and there is less than full-employment output. Also assume that the marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is equal to 0.66. a. What is the value of the government spending multiplier in this case? b. Given the size of the multiplier, what would be the implied change in income (gross domestic product) from the stimulus spending of $600 billion?

Five times the sum of a number and 27 is greater then or equal to six times the of that number and 26. what is the solution set to this proportion?

You are an employee of an u.s. firm that produces personal computers in thailand and then exports them to the united states and other countries for sale. the personal computers were originally produced in thailand to take advantage of relatively low labor costs and a skilled workforce. other possible locations considered at that time were malaysia and hong kong. the u.s. government decides to impose punitive 100% ad valorem tariffs on imports of computers from thailand to punish the country for administrative trade barriers that restrict u.s. exports to thailand. how do you think your firm should respond? what does this tell you about the use of targeted trade barriers?

Afirm’s production function is represented by q(m,r) = 4m 3/4r1/3, where q denotes output, m raw materials, and r robots. the firm is currently using 6 units of raw materials and 12 robots. according to the mrts, in order to maintain its output level the firm would need to give up 2 robots if it adds 9 units of raw materials. (a) true (b) false