Monetary Policy Is Less Effective Than It Was in the Past

question 282

Multiple Choice

Monetary policy is less effective than it was in the past because

• A) investment has become less sensitive to interest rate changes.
• B) the substitution effect of an interest rate change on consumption has increased.
• C) the income effect of an interest rate change on consumption has increased.
• D) the government deficit has decreased.

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Definitions:

Transaction Costs

Transaction costs are the expenses incurred in buying or selling goods or services, which can include search and information costs, bargaining costs, and enforcement costs.

Optimal Pigouvian Tax

A tax designed to correct the inefficiencies in a market that experiences externalities, set at a level that equates the marginal social cost of the externality with the marginal social benefit.

Socially Optimal

Pertains to a condition where resources are allocated in the most efficient manner from the perspective of society as a whole.

Pollution

The presence or introduction of harmful substances or contaminants into the natural environment, causing adverse effects.