Brief Principles of Macroeconomics (MindTap Course List)
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Author: N. Gregory Mankiw
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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The effect of foreign investment.
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When the Japanese car maker Toyota expands one of its car factories in the United States, What is the likely impact of this event on the gross domestic product and gross national product of the United States?
a.GDP rises and GNP falls.
b.GNP rises and GDP falls.
c. GDP shows a larger increase than GNP
d. GNP shows a larger increase than GDP
Consider how each of the following events is likely to affect real GDP. Do you think the change in real GDP reflects a similar change in economic well-being? a. Businesses and firms throughout the economy experience falling demand, causing them to lay off workers b. Government passes new environmental laws that prohibit firms from using production methods that emit large quantities of pollution.
Jane spends $1,200 on a used computer. How will this calculation effect GDP?
A.) Consumption will rise and GDP will rise
B.) Investment will rise and GDP will rise
C.) Since the good was not currently produced consumption will not rise, neither will GDP
D.) The GDP deflator will rise but not real GDP
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