According to the Ricardo-Barro Effect, Government Deficits

question 45

Multiple Choice

According to the Ricardo-Barro effect, government deficits

• A)lead to a rise in the equilibrium real interest rate, crowding out investment.
• B)lead to simultaneous increases in private saving and have no effect on the equilibrium real interest rate and investment.
• C)lead to simultaneous decreases in private saving and decreases in the equilibrium real interest rate and investment.
• D)lead to a fall in the equilibrium real interest rate and an increase in investment.
• E)raise the real interest rate but have no effect on the nominal interest rate.

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