The Ricardo-Barro effect holds that
A) equal increases in taxes and government expenditures have no effect on equilibrium real GDP.
B) government budget deficits have no effect on the real interest rate.
C) a government budget deficit crowds out private investment.
D) a government budget deficit induces a decrease in saving that magnifies the crowding out effect.
B
You might also like to view...
New technology for producing plywood is developed. Which of the figures above best illustrates this change?
A) Figure A B) Figure B C) Figure C D) Figure D E) Figure A and Figure D
Which of the following would cause the price elasticity of demand for a variable input to be greater?
A) the smaller the price elasticity of demand for the final product B) the longer the time period being considered C) the smaller the proportion of total costs accounted for by the variable input D) The harder it is for a variable input to be substituted for by other inputs.