Assuming an 8 percent sale tax is levied on all consumption, complete the following table:
Income | consumption | sale tax | Percentage of Income Paid in Taxes
10,000 $11,000
20,000 $20,000
40,000 $36,000
80,000 $60,000
Question 3: The relationship between nominal exchange rate and relative prices. From the annual
observations from 1980 to 1994, the following regression results were obtained, where Y = exchange
rate of the German mark to the U.S. dollar (GM/$) and X = ratio of the U.S. consumer price index to
the German consumer price index; that is, X represents the relative prices in the two countries:
ˆYt = 6.682 − 4.318Xt
r 2 = 0.528
se = (1.22)(1.333)
a. Interpret this regression. How would you interpret r2?
b. Does the negative value of Xt make economic sense? What is the underlying economic theory?
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We've seen that the government spending multiplier and the multiplier for changing taxes are different. For political and macroeconomic reasons governments often run balanced budgets. Suppose that G=T. Then suppose that the government increases spending and taxes equally to maintain a balanced budget. IE that:
The firm fixed costs is RM100,00 per year. Management expects to sell 2,000 units per year and at that rate of output, TVC will be RM50,000. The firm uses cost-plus pricing to earn a target rate of return on its RM200,000 investment. If the price is set at RM100, what is the target rate of return
In a small country town, the demand for bread is Pd = 200 - 0.1Q. The supply of bread is Ps = - 50 + 0.4Q. P is the price of bread (in cents) and Q is measured in number of loaves per day