Principles of Economics (12th Edition)
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Author: Karl E. Case, Ray C. Fair, Sharon E. Oster
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Question 1
In a simple economy, suppose that all income is either
compensation of employees or profits. Suppose also that
there are no indirect taxes. Calculate gross domestic
product from the following set of numbers. Show that the
expenditure approach and the income approach add up to
the same figure.
Consumption
$9500 Investment
$3000
Depreciation
$1750 Profits
$2400
Exports
$850
Compensation of
employees $11500
Government purchases
$3200
Direct taxes
$1200
Saving
$1600
Imports
$900
Q3. In a simple economy, suppose that all income is either compensation of employees or profits.
Suppose also that there are no indirect taxes. Calculate gross domestic product from the following set
of numbers. Show that the expenditure approach and the income approach add up to the same figure
Consumption
Investment
$9,500
3,000
1,750
Depreciation
Profits
2,400
Exports
Compensation of employees
Government purchases
Direct taxes
850
11,500
3,200
1,200
Saving
Imports
1,600
900
The following table shows data on personal consumption expenditures, gross private domestic investment, exports, imports, and government consumption expenditures and gross investment for the United States in 2007, as published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. All figures are in billions of dollars.
Fill in the missing cells in the following table to calculate GDP.
Components
Personal Consumption Expenditures (CC)
$9,734.2
Gross Private Domestic Investment (II)
$2,125.4
Exports (XX)
$1,643
Imports (MM)
$2,351
Net exports of goods and services (X−MX−M)
Government Consumption Expenditures and Gross Investment (GG)
$2,689.8
Gross domestic product (GDP)
This method of calculating GDP, which involves summing the , is called the approach.
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