Answer:
A) Higher income taxes will cause a decrease in disposable income and this will affect personal expenditure which will cause the aggregate demand curve to shift leftwards ( decrease in price level and real GDP )
B)
i) Change in input price
ii) Change in production cost
iii) Increase in labor supply or increase in capital stocks
Explanation:
A) Effects of higher income taxes on aggregate demand curve
i) Higher income taxes will cause a decrease in disposable income and this will affect personal expenditure which will cause the aggregate demand curve to shift leftwards ( decrease in price level and real GDP )
B) The factors that will cause the short-run aggregate supply curve to shift
a) Change in input price
b) Change in production cost
c) Increase in labor supply or increase in capital stocks
If a consumer believes that the price of the good will be higher in the future he is more likely to purchase the good now. If the consumer expects that her income will be higher in the future the consumer may buy the good now. In other words positive expectations about future income may encourage present consumption.
Answer:
The athlete with equal installments got the better deal.
Explanation:
Two athletes each sign 10-year contracts for $80 million.
In one case, we’re told that the $80 million will be paid in 10 equal installments.
In the other case, the $80 million will be paid in 10 installments, but the installments will increase by 5 percent per year.
The one with equal installments will get $8 million every year.
But the one with increasing installments will get smaller payments initially as his payments were to be increased by 5% each year.
Though the total value of both the annuities will remain the same.
The answer is c. 10-20 seconds
