In the classical model, an autonomous decline in investment leads to a fall in the overall
demand in the economy. Explain, with the help of a diagram, whether you agree or disagree.
Iñigo divides his income between banana and bread. A typhoon damaged banana plantations causing a large increase in the price of bananas.
1.Show the effect of the typhoon on Iñigo’s budget constraint.
2.Show the effect of the typhoon on Iñigo’s optimal consumption bundle assuming that the substitution effect has the same extent of effect with income effect.
3.Show the effect of the typhoon on Iñigo’s optimal consumption bundle assuming that the income effect outweighs or dominates the substitution effect for bread.
a) A simple closed economy with an mpc equal to 0.5. Investment spending has suddenly fallen, reducing aggregate demand and output to a level that is 100 million below Y*.
iii. If the government decided to try to get the economy back to full employment using only an increase in transfers, how large would this increase need to be?