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If There Is a Recessionary Gap of $100 Billion and the MPC

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If there is a recessionary gap of $100 billion and the MPC is 0.8, by how much must taxes be reduced to eliminate the recessionary gap? Assume that prices are stuck and that investment, net exports, government expenditures, and taxes do not change with changes in real GDP.


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Volume Of Trade

The total quantity of shares or contracts traded for a specific financial instrument or within a market during a certain period.

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An economic theory stating that a country should specialize in producing and exporting goods for which it has a lower opportunity cost than its trading partners.

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