MACROECONOMICS
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Author: Baumol
Publisher: CENGAGE L
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Chapter 5, Problem 3TY
To determine
(a)
Whether $50,000 payment to carpenter to build a garage will be included in GDP or not.
To determine
(b)
Whether $10,000 worth of raw materials used in the building of a garage for own usage will be counted in GDP or not. Whether the final value of $50,000 will be included in the GDP or not.
To determine
(c)
Whether a garage worth $50,000 built from woods will be counted in GDP or not.
To determine
(d)
Whether the sale and purchase of old and new houses respectively will be included in GDP or not.
To determine
(e)
Whether the purchase of used computers will be included in GDP or not.
To determine
(f)
Whether the purchase of a new mainframe computer will be included in GDP or not.
To determine
(g)
Whether the $100 amount that is won from playing in a casino will be included in GDP or not.
To determine
(h)
Whether $100 made in the stock market will be included in GDP or not.
To determine
(i)
Whether the sale of used economics textbook will be included in GDP or not.
To determine
(j)
Whether the purchase of a new economics textbook will be included in GDP or not.
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Which of the following transactions should or should not be counted in GDP?
Answer Yes or No and briefly explain your answer. Answers without explanation will not be considered
in grading, even if they are correct.
a. You buy a pair of new cowboy boots on a trip to Texas
b. You buy a pair of vintage cowboy boots from your cousin in El Paso
c. A cat burglar sells $10,000 of stolen jewelry to a fence
d. Amazon issues $1 billion worth of new shares
e. GM purchases $100 million worth of tires from Firestone
f. A private company builds a new road in Memphis Y
g. Stay-at-home parents provide an estimated $500 million of child care services
Problem #28- Last year, a small nation with abundant forests cut down $200 worth of trees. $100 worth of trees were then turned into $150 worth of lumber. $100 worth of that lumber was used to produce $250 worth of bookshelves. Assuming the country produces no other outputs, and there are no other inputs used in the production of trees, lumber, and bookshelves, what is this nation’s GDP? In other words, what is the value of the final goods produced including trees, lumber and bookshelves?
Which of the following transactions or activities would be counted in your country’s GDP? Explain your answers.
A transportation company acquires a fleet of second-hand vehicles.
The same transportation company acquires 1.000 gallons of gas from a foreign company deducted from the net export component of GDP.
You buy 10 short-term government bonds.
A mining company acquires new government licenses to drill in land the company already owns.
You pay for a new haircut at your local hairdresser.
Foreign residents buy a bundle of your country’s food specialties on an online retail site.
Your parents spend a whole day cooking meals to be handed out to their poorer neighbors.
The local government acquires furniture for newly built schools.
Two telecommunications companies merge.
A non-profit organization buys an apartment to lodge their headquarters.
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