The Crowding-Out Effect Is

question 18

Multiple Choice

The crowding-out effect is

• A) the tendency of contractionary fiscal policy to cause an increase in planned investment or planned consumption in the private sector.
• B) the tendency of expansionary fiscal policy to cause an increase in planned investment but not in planned consumption in the private sector.
• C) the tendency of expansionary fiscal policy to cause a decrease in planned investment or planned consumption in the private sector.
• D) the tendency of contractionary fiscal policy to cause an increase in planned investment but a decrease in planned consumption in the private sector.

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