In 2003, Congress passed a tax cut that included a reduction in the marginal tax rate on stock dividends. This essentially increased the after-tax rate of return on stocks that offer dividends
Using the loanable funds market, describe what will happen to saving, investment, economic growth, the real interest rate, and the quantity of loanable funds exchanged.
Dividends are the portion of corporate profits paid to shareholders. They are taxed like other forms of income. When taxes on dividends are decreased, this raises the after-tax rate of return on stocks that offer dividends. Because the return to saving would increase, saving will increase and the supply of loanable funds will increase. The shift to the right by the supply curve for loanable funds should lower the real interest rate and increase the quantity of loanable funds exchanged. This will raise investment spending in the economy. As investment spending grows, the capital stock and capital per hour worked should grow, and the rate of economic growth should increase.
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a. Items bought by rich people are luxuries, not necessities. b. United Nations bureaucrats are prejudiced against the rich. c. Dollars received by rich people may have a lower marginal utility than dollars received by poor people. d. Items bought by rich people create more pollution than those bought by the poor. e. All of the above are valid reasons.