According to Buchanan and Wagner,why Is There a Political Bias

question 12

Multiple Choice

According to Buchanan and Wagner,why is there a political bias toward expansionary fiscal policy rather than contractionary fiscal policy?

• A) In a democracy,expansionary fiscal policy prescriptions are more politically popular than are the policy prescriptions associated with contractionary fiscal policy.
• B) In a democracy,contractionary fiscal policy prescriptions are more policitally popular than are the policy prescriptions associated with expansionary fiscal policy.
• C) They assert that empirical evidence has shown that Keynesian fiscal policy prescriptions have been successful at closing recessionary gaps,but not inflationary gaps.
• D) ​They assert that empirical evidence has shown that Keynesian fiscal policy prescriptions have been successful at closing inflationary gaps,but not recessioinary gaps.
• E) ​none of the above

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