Because GDP Does Not Account for Improvements in the Quality

question 111

Multiple Choice

Because GDP does not account for improvements in the quality of goods, the GDP calculation:

• A) tends to overstate the true value of output in the United States.
• B) tends to understate the true value of output in the United States.
• C) provides an accurate value of output in the United States.
• D) provides the best measure of output in the United States.
• E) measures the value correctly because price changes always capture the value of quality changes.

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