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53) Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A) Fiscal policy is the attempt to influence the economy using taxes, transfer payments, and government expenditures.
B) Government expenditure affects aggregate demand directly because government expenditure is a component of aggregate demand.
C) Taxes and transfer payments affect aggregate demand by changing disposable income.
D) An increase in disposable income leads to a decrease in aggregate demand. Answer: D
Topic: Changes in Aggregate Demand, Fiscal Policy
Skill: Conceptual
Question history: Modified 10th edition
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
54) A decrease in government transfer payments
A) increases aggregate demand.
B) increases the aggregate quantity demanded.
C) decreases the aggregate quantity demanded.
D) decreases aggregate demand.
Answer: D
Topic: Changes in Aggregate Demand, Transfer Payments
Skill: Conceptual
Question history: Previous edition, Chapter 10
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
55) An increase in government expenditure on goods and services
A) increases aggregate demand.
B) increases the aggregate quantity demanded.
C) decreases the aggregate quantity demanded.
D) decreases aggregate demand.
Answer: A
Topic: Changes in Aggregate Demand, Government Expenditure
Skill: Conceptual
Question history: Previous edition, Chapter 10
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
56) A decrease in government expenditure on goods and services
A) increases aggregate demand.
B) increases the aggregate quantity demanded.
C) decreases the aggregate quantity demanded.
D) decreases aggregate demand.
Answer: D
Topic: Changes in Aggregate Demand, Government Expenditure
Skill: Conceptual
Question history: Previous edition, Chapter 10
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
57) A decrease in government expenditure shifts the AD curve ________ and a decrease in taxes shifts the AD curve ________.
A) rightward; rightward
B) rightward; leftward
C) leftward; rightward
D) leftward; leftward
Answer: C
Topic: Changes in Aggregate Demand, Government Expenditure
Skill: Analytical
Question history: Previous edition, Chapter 13
AACSB: Analytical Skills
58) Which of the following shifts the aggregate demand curve leftward?
A) an increase in consumption expenditures
B) a decrease in taxes
C) a decrease in government expenditures on goods and services
D) an increase in net exports of goods and services
Answer: C
Topic: Changes in Aggregate Demand, Government Expenditure
Skill: Conceptual
Question history: Previous edition, Chapter 10
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
59) Disposable income ________ when ________.
A) decreases; taxes increase
B) decreases; transfer payments increase
C) increases; government expenditures decrease
D) decreases; aggregate income increases
Answer: A
Topic: Changes in Aggregate Demand, Taxes
Skill: Conceptual
Question history: Previous edition, Chapter 10
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
60) The aggregate demand curve
A) shifts rightward when the price level increases and leftward when the price level falls.
B) shifts rightward when taxes are decreased.
C) shifts rightward when foreign incomes decrease and shifts leftward when foreign incomes increase.
D) does not shift, unlike market demand curves.
Answer: B
Topic: Changes in Aggregate Demand, Taxes
Skill: Recognition
Question history: Previous edition, Chapter 10