Description : The Keynesian consumption function shows a relation between - (1) aggregate consumption and total population. (2) aggregate consumption and general price level. (3) aggregate consumption and aggregate income (4) aggregate consumption and interest rate
Last Answer : (3) aggregate consumption and aggregate income Explanation: According to Keynesian Theory of consumption, the current real disposable income is the most important determinant of consumption in the short run. It bases consumption on current income.
Description : n the simple Keynesian model consumption is a function of, (a) Rate of interest. (b) Level of income. © Price level. (d) None of the above.
Last Answer : (b) Level of income.
Description : If the Keynesian consumption function is, C=10+.8Y, if income is Rs 1000/- what is total consumption. (a) Rs .8/- (b) Rs 800/- © Rs 810/- (d) Rs .81/
Last Answer : © Rs 810/-
Description : Average propensity to consume is defined as - (1) Aggregate consumption +Total population (2) Aggregate income ÷ Aggregate consumption (3) Change in consumption ÷ Change in income (4) Aggregate consumption +Aggregate income
Last Answer : (4) Aggregate consumption +Aggregate income Explanation: In economics, the average propensity to consume (APC) is defined as the ratio of aggregate or total consumption to aggregate income in a given ... propensity to consume, for any income level, may be found by dividing consumption by income.
Description : Acording to Keynesian theory of income determination, at full employment, a fall in aggregate demand causes - (1) a fall in prices of output and resources (2) a fall in real gross National product ... a rise in real gross National product and investment (4) a rise in prices of output and resources
Last Answer : (1) a fall in prices of output and resources Explanation: In 1936, John Maynard Keynes published the book "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money to explain the prolonged and ... at a below-full-employment equilibrium. Suppose that the economy is at the full-employment equilibrium.
Description : According to Keynesian theory of income determination, at full employment, a fall in aggregate demand causes (1) a fall in prices of output and resources (2) a fall in real gross National product and ... rise in real gross National product and investment (4) a rise in prices of output and resources
Last Answer : a fall in prices of output and resources
Description : Which of the following are not characteristics of Keynesian consumption function? (a) The main influence on consumption in the short run is current disposable income (b) The marginal ... consume decreases as income increases (d) The average propensity to consume increases as income increases
Last Answer : d) The average propensity to consume increases as income increases
Description : n the simple Keynesian model investment is (a) Fixed. (b) A function of level of income. © Either fixed or a function of level of income. (d) None of the above.
Last Answer : © Either fixed or a function of level of income.
Description : An increase in consumption at any given level of income will lead to (a) Higher aggregate demand. (b) An increase in exports. © A fall in taxation revenue. (d) A decrease in import spending.
Last Answer : (a) Higher aggregate demand.
Description : According to the classical system, saving is a function of - (1) Income (2) The interest rate (3) The real wage (4) The Price level
Last Answer : (1) Income Explanation: Saving function is a mathematical relation between saving and income by the household sector. This function captures the saving-income relation, the flip side of the consumption-income relation that forms one of the key building blocks for Keynesian economics.
Description : According to the classical system, saving is a function of (1) Income (2) The interest rate (3) The real wage (4) The Price level
Last Answer : Income
Description : Speculative demand for cash is determined by - (1) The rate of interest (2) the level of income (3) the general price level (4) the market conditions
Last Answer : (1) The rate of interest Explanation: Speculative demand is the demand for financial assets, such as securities, money or foreign currency that is not dictated by real transactions such as trade, or financing. ... rate, more people will expect a rise in interest rate (or a fall in bond prices).
Description : Speculative demand for cash is determined by (1) The rate of interest (2) the level of income (3) the general price level (4) the market conditions
Last Answer : The rate of interest
Description : Laffer curve is related to (a) Tax rate and tax revenue. (b) Aggregate tax and aggregate non-tax revenue. (c) Total tax burden and total payment burden. (d) Total income and total expenditure.
Last Answer : (c) Total tax burden and total payment burden.
Description : According to Acceleration principle investment depends on change in the level of------ (a) rate of interest. (b) level of income. © price (d) saving.
Last Answer : (b) level of income.
Description : .Induced investment depends on (a) Price level and rate of interest (b) Level of income and rate of interest © Level of employment and wage rate (d) Price level and wage rate.
Last Answer : (b) Level of income and rate of interest
Description : The relationship between aggregate consumption expenditure and aggregate income of household sector is known as ………………………. function. (a) Consumption ; (b) Saving ; (c) Expenditure ; (d) Income
Last Answer : (a) Consumption
Description : As the number of investments made by a firm increases, its internal rate of return - (1) declines due to diminishing marginal productivity. (2) declines because the market rate of interest will ... the firm for the current consumption foregone. (4) increases because the level of savings will fall.
Last Answer : (3) increases to compensate the firm for the current consumption foregone. Explanation: Internal rates of return are commonly used to evaluate the desirability of investments or projects. The higher a ... of return is greater than an established minimum acceptable rate of return or cost of capital.
Description : The relationship between the rate of interest and level of consumption was first visualized by - (1) Amartya K. Sen (2) Milton Friedman (3) Irving Fisher (4) James Duesenberry
Last Answer : (3) Irving Fisher Explanation: Irving Fisher, in His Theory of Interest (1930), found the relationship between interest rates (nominal interest rate and real interest rate) and the ... interest rate on savings and gives an inverse relationship between nominal interest rates and consumer expenditures
Description : The relationship between the rate of interest and level of consumption was first visualized by (1) Amartya K. Sen (2) Milton Friedman (3) Irving Fisher (4) James Duesenberry
Last Answer : Irving Fisher
Description : As the number of investments made by a firm increases, its internal rate of return (1) declines due to diminishing marginal productivity. (2) declines because the market rate of interest will fall ... firm for the current consumption foregone. (4) increases because the level of savings will fall.
Last Answer : increases to compensate the firm for the current consumption foregone.
Description : Demand pull inflation may be caused by (a) An increase in cost (b) A decrease in interest rate © A reduction in government spending (d) An outward shift of aggregate supply.
Last Answer : (b) A decrease in interest rate
Description : Consumption function expresses the relationship between consumption and - (1) savings (2) income (3) investment (4) price
Last Answer : (2) income Explanation: The consumption function is a mathematical formula laid out by famed economist John Maynard Keynes. The formula was designed to show the relationship between real disposable ... being what Keynes considered the most important determinant of short-term demand in an economy.
Description : Consumption function expresses the relationship between consumption and (1) savings (2) income (3) investment (4) price
Last Answer : income
Description : Investment multiplier shows the effect of investment on - (1) Employment (2) Savings (3) Income (4) Consumption
Last Answer : (3) Income Explanation: Investment multiplier is simply the multiplier effect of an injection of investment into an economy. The multiplier effect refers to the idea that an initial spending rise can lead to even greater increase in national income
Description : On an indifference map, if the income consumption curve slopes downwards to the right it shows that A.Both X and Y are superior goods B.Y is an inferior good C.X is an inferior good D.Both X and Y are inferior goods
Last Answer : B.Y is an inferior good
Description : Investment multiplier shows the effect of investment on (1) Employment(2) Savings (3) Income (4) Consumption
Description : Which of the following does not cause a shift in aggregate demand ? (a) Consumption (b) Government expenditure (c) Investment (d) Prices
Last Answer : (d) Prices
Description : Producers’ surplus is equal to the difference between (a) Price and Marginal cost curve (b) Price and Marginal (c) Average cost and Marginal cost (d) Total cost and Marginal cost curve
Last Answer : ) Price and Marginal cost curve
Description : Cheap Money means - (1) Low Rate of Interest (2) Low level of Savings (3) Low level Income (4) Excess of Black Money
Last Answer : (1) Low Rate of Interest Explanation: Cheap Money' is a loan or credit with a low interest rate, or the setting of low interest rates by a central bank like the Federal Reserve. Cheap money ... see the same low interest rates on investments like savings accounts, money market funds, CDs and bonds.
Description : On the basis of the Keynesian model of output determination, a multiplier of 3 implies that (a) An increase in consumption by `3 will result in an increase in investment by Re. 1 (b) An increase in ... 2 (d) An increase in investment by Re. 1 will result in an increase in consumption by Re. 1
Last Answer : (c) An increase in investment by Re. 1 will result in an increase in consumption by `2
Description : According to monetary approach of Balance of Payments, the demand for money is a stable function of (a) income, prices and rate of interest (b) income and prices (c) prices and rate of interest (d) income, prices and foreign exchange reserves
Last Answer : income, prices and rate of interest
Description : A price consumption curve, traces the utility maximizing combination of two goods when (a) the price of one good changes (b) the consumer’s preference change © the consumer’s income changes (d) the demand curve for one of the goods shifts rightward
Last Answer : (a) the price of one good changes
Description : What is "mpc" or the 'marginal propensity to consume'? a) the proportion of total additional planned savings to total additional income b) the proportion of total additional income to total additional ... c) the fraction of total additional income that is used for consumption d) none of the above
Last Answer : : c) the fraction of total additional income that is used for consumption
Description : What is "mps" or the 'marginal propensity to save'? a) the proportion of total additional planned savings to total additional income b) the proportion of total additional income to total additional ... c) the fraction of total additional income that is used for consumption d) none of the above
Last Answer : a) the proportion of total additional planned savings to total additional incom
Description : The marginal propensity to consume is equal to (a) Total spending/Total consumption (b) Total consumption/ Total income. © Change in consumption/ Change in income (d) Change in consumption/ Change in savings.
Last Answer : © Change in consumption/ Change in income
Description : Marginal Propensity to Consume is (a) Increase in consumption due to one unit increase in income. (b) Total consumption divided by total income. © Both (a) and (b). (d) Neither (a) nor (b).
Last Answer : (a) Increase in consumption due to one unit increase in income.
Description : A siuation where we have people whose level of income is not sufficient to meet the minimum consumption expenditure is considered as - (1) Absolute Poverty (2) Relative Poverty (3) Urban Poverty (4) Rural Poverty
Last Answer : (1) Absolute Poverty Explanation: Absolute poverty is defined as a situation in which the individual's basic needs are not covered, in other words, there is a lack of basic goods and services ( ... shelter, education and information. It depends not only on income but also on access to services."
Description : Investment and savings are kept equal through a change in the level of - (1) Consumption (2) Investment (3) Government expenditure (4) Income
Last Answer : (1) Consumption Explanation: Desired savings are kept equal to desired investment by responses to interest rate changes. Savings identity or the savings investment identity is a concept in ... brings savings and investment into balance without any intention by business to increase investment.
Description : A situation where we have people whose level of income is not sufficient to meet the minimum consumption expenditure is considered as (1) Absolute Poverty (2) Relative Poverty (3) Urban Poverty (4) Rural Poverty
Last Answer : Absolute Poverty
Description : Investment and savings are kept equal through a change in the level of (1) Consumption (2) Investment (3) Government expenditure (4) Income
Last Answer : Consumption
Description : Which of these affects the demand for money? (a) Real income ; (b) Price level ; (c) Rate of interest ; (d) All the three
Last Answer : (d) All the three
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Description : The main emphasis of Keynesian economics is on - (1) Expenditure (2) Exchange (3) Foreign trade (4) Taxation
Last Answer : (1) Expenditure Explanation: Keynesian Economics is an economic theory of total spending in the economy and its effects on output and inflation. It emphasizes that government expenditures (or tax cuts) leads to increase in GDP which is a multiple of the original expenditure.
Description : Friedrich Hayek was a proponent of : a) Keynesian economics b) Communism c) Classical Liberalism d) Socialism
Last Answer : : c) Classical Liberalism
Description : Keynesian theory of investment is known as ----- (a) Marginal Efficiency of Capital Theory. (b) Marginal Efficiency of Investment Theory. © Optimum Stock of Capital Theory. (d) Actual Stock of Capital Theory.
Last Answer : (b) Marginal Efficiency of Investment Theory.
Description : Keynesian analysis is (a) A short run analysis. (b) Long run analysis. © Both short and long run analysis. (d) Neither short nor long run analysis.
Last Answer : (a) A short run analysis.
Description : n simple Keynesian model, stability of equilibrium exists, if (a) APC is less than one. (b) APS is less than one. © MPC is less than one. (d) None of the above.
Last Answer : (a) APC is less than one.
Description : Which of the following statement is incorrect,- In simple Keynesian model,- (a) MPC+MPS=1 (b) APC+ APS=1 © Both (a) and (b) (d) Neither (a) nor (b).
Last Answer : (d) Neither (a) nor (b).
Description : The main emphasis of Keynesian economics is on (1) Expenditure (2) Exchange (3) Foreign trade (4) Taxation
Last Answer : Expenditure