THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION

question 87

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THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
As director of the local tourist board,you are interested in determining the factors that influence the hotel occupancy rate in your city each month.Hotel occupancy can be measured as the percentage of available hotel rooms that are occupied by paying customers.You develop the following model: Y = β₀ + β₁X₁ + β₂X₂ + β₃X₃ + β₄X₄ + ε,where Y is the hotel occupancy rate,X₁ is the total number of passengers arriving at the airport,X₂ is a price index of local hotel room rates,X₃ is the consumer confidence index,and X₄ is a dummy variable = 1 during the months of June,July,and August.You look at data from the past 36 months and obtain the following results:
= 67.1 + 0.02x₁ - 0.055x₂ + 0.08x₃ + 12.3x₄,R² = 0.67,
= 58.3,
= 0.008,
= 0.01,
= 0.06,
= 4.7,and SSE = 576.
-Test the hypothesis H₀ : β₂ = 0 and interpret your results.

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Definitions:

Price Level

The average of current prices across the entire spectrum of goods and services produced in the economy, serving as an indicator of inflation or deflation.

Equilibrium Real GDP

The level of Gross Domestic Product where aggregate supply equals aggregate demand, adjusted for inflation.

Aggregate Supply Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the total production of goods and services and the price level for those goods and services.

AS Curve

Short for Aggregate Supply Curve, it represents the total supply of goods and services that firms in an economy are willing to sell at a given price level.