Answer to Question #119383 in Macroeconomics for Jacob Koomson

Question

Based on your knowledge of the flexible accelerator model of investment, suppose you have information on initial capital stock in year 2009 to be Ȼ10,000, and that desired capital stock is Ȼ80,000. If the factor by which firms plan to close the gap between desired capital stock and actual capital stock is 0.15, how many years will take for the firms to meet the desired capital stock?

Answer 1

$Desired capital stock=Ȼ80,000$

$Initial capital stock=Ȼ10,000$

$Factor=0.15$

$Number of years =t$

$Kt=vYt$

$Ȼ(80,000)-(t)=(0.15/times Ȼ10,000)-(t)$

$(Ȼ80,000)t$

$=(0.15)(Ȼ10,000)$

$Ȼ80,000=Ȼ1500t$

$t=Ȼ80,000/Ȼ1500$

$Therefore$ $t=53.33$