Statistical Investigations of the Marginal Propensity to Consume Have Generated

question 40

Multiple Choice

Statistical investigations of the marginal propensity to consume have generated estimates that

• A) match the predictions of the theory pretty well in both the long run and the short run.
• B) match the predictions of the theory in the short run but fall below numbers that would be consistent with the theory in the long run.
• C) fall short of numbers that would be consistent with the theory in both the long run and the short run.
• D) lie above numbers that would be consistent with the theory in the long run and below numbers that would be consistent with the theory in the short run.
• E) none of the above.

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