《宏觀經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)》課后答案(布蘭查德版)

1、Chapter 11. a. True. b. True. c. False. d. True. e. False. f. False.2. a.1960-981997-99-US3.1%3.8%EU3.1%2.5%Japan5.8%-1.0%While the US growth rate higher than its long-run average over the period, the growth rate hasslowed relative to long-run averages in both the EU and Japan over the last few year

2、s.b. Sometimes the economy is growing quickly, other times it is growing slowly or even contracting. The last few years of rapid growth in the US do not imply that the long-run average rate of growth has increased back to its pre-1974 level.3. a. The data in the web page are: Real Gross Domestic Pro

3、duct,Real Final Sales of Domestic Product, andReal Gross National Product, Quarterly, 1959-96Percent change from preceding quarter-GrossFinal salesGrossdomesticof domesticnationalproductproductproduct-1959: III11.27.311.1III-0.35.3-0.2IV1.7-1.31.91996: III6.05.25.7III1.00.20.6IV4.3

4、4.54.9-suggesting that recessions typically last two-three quarters and that the most severe recessions in that period were the recessions of 1974-75 and 1981-82.b.Percentage Changes in: Output GrowthInflation1968:4.74.4I7.54.7II7.14.1III3.03.8IV1.85.51969:3.04.7I6.23.8II1.05.0III2.35.8IV-2.05.11970

5、:0.15.3I-0.76.0II0.65.7III3.73.4IV-3.95.41971:3.35.2I11.36.4II2.35.5III2.64.4IV1.13.3If history simply repeats itself, the United States might have a short recession (lasting perhaps oneyear) accompanied by an acceleration in the rate of inflation by about one percentage point.4. a. Banking services

6、, business services.b. Not only has the relative demand for skilled workers increased but the industries where this effect is the strongest are making up a greater fraction of the economy.5. 1. Low unemployment might lead to an increase in inflation.2. Although measurement error certainly contribute

7、s to the measured slowdown in growth, there are other issues to consider as well, including the productivity of new research and accumulation of new capital.3. Although labor market rigidities may be important, it is also important to consider that these rigidities may not be excessive, and that hig

8、h unemployment may arise from flawed macroeconomic policies.4. Although there were serious problems with regard to the management of Asian financial systems, it is important to consider the possibility that the flight of foreign capital from thesecountries worsened the situation by causing a severe

9、stock market crash and exchange rate depreciation.5. Although the Euro will remove obstacles to free trade between European countries, each country will be forced to give up its own monetary policy.* 6. a. From Chapter 1: US output 1997=$8b; China output 1996=$.84b. Note that Chinas outputin 1997 is

10、 $(.84)*(1.09) b. Equating output for some time t in the future:8*(1.03)t=(.84*1.09)*(1.09)t 8/(.84*1.09)=(1.09/1.03)t 8.737=(1.058)tt =ln(8.737)/ln(1.058) 38yrsb. From Chapter 1: US output/worker in 1997=$29,800; China output/per worker in 1996=$70029.8*(1.03)t=(.7*1.09)*(1.09)tt65 yearsChapter 21.

11、 a. False.b. Uncertain: real or nominal GDP. c. True.d. True.e. False. The level of the CPI means nothing. Its rate of change tells us about inflation.f. Uncertain. Which index is better depends on what we are trying to measureinflation facedby consumers or by the economy as a whole.2. a. +$100; Per

12、sonal Consumption Expenditures b. nochange:intermediategoodc. +$200 million; Gross PrivateDomesticFixedInvestment d. +$200 million; Net Exportse. no change: the jet was already counted when it was produced, i.e., presumably when Delta(or some other airline) bought it new as an investment.*3. a. Meas

13、ured GDP increases by $10+$12=$22.b. True GDP should increase by much less than $22 because by working for an extra hour,you are no longer producing the work of cooking within the house. Since cooking within the house is a final service, it should count as part of GDP. Unfortunately, it is hard to m

14、easure the value of work within the home, which is why measured GDP does not include it.4. a. $1,000,000 the value of the silver necklaces.b. 1st Stage:$300,000.2ndStage:$1,000,00-$300,000=$700,000. GDP: $300,000+$700,000=$1,000,000.c. Wages: $200,000 + $250,000=$450,000.Profits: ($300,000-$200,000)

15、+($1,000,000-$250,000-300,000)=$100,000+$450,000=$550,000. GDP:$450,000+$550,000=$1,000,000.5.a. 1998 GDP: 10*$2,000+4*$1,000+1000*$1=$25,0001999 GDP: 12*$3,000+6*$500+1000*$1=$40,000Nominal GDP has increased by 60%.b. 1998 real (1998) GDP: $25,0001999 real (1998) GDP: 12*$2,000+6*$1,000+1000*$1=$31

16、,000Real (1998) GDP has increased by 24%.c. 1998 real (1999) GDP: 10*$3,000+4*$500+1,000*$1=$33,0001999 real (1999) GDP: $40,000.Real (1999) GDP has increased by 21.2%. d. True.6. a. 1998 base year:Deflator(1998)=1; Deflator(1999)=$40,000/$31,000=1.29Inflation=29%b. 1999 base year:Deflator(1998)=$25

17、,000/$33,000=0.76; Deflator(1999)=1Inflation=(1-0.76)/0.76=.32=32% c. Yes7. a. 1998 real GDP = 10*$2,500 + 4*$750 + 1000*$1 = $29,0001999 real GDP = 12*$2,500 + 6*$750 + 1000*$1 = $35,500b. (35,500-29,000)/29,000 = .224 = 22.4%c. Deflator in 1998=$25,000/$29,000=.86Deflator in 1999=$40,000/$35,500=1

18、.13Inflation = (1.13 -.86)/.86 = .314 = 31.4%.8. a. The quality of a routine checkup improves over time. Checkups now may include EKGs, for example. Medical services are particularly affected by this problem due to constant improvements in medical technology.b. You need to know how the market values

19、 pregnancy checkups with and without ultra-sounds in that year.c. This information is not available since all doctors adopted the new technology simultaneously. Still, you can tell that the quality adjusted increase will be lower than 20%.*9. a. approximately 2.5% b. 1992 real GDP growth: 2.7%;unemp

20、loyment rate Jan 92: 7.3%; unemployment rate Jan 93: 7.3%Supports Okun's law because the unemployment rate does not change when the growth rate of real GDP is near 2.5% c. -2 percentage points change in the unemployment rate; 5 percent GDP growth d. The growth rate of GDP must increase by 2.5 pe

21、rcentage points. Chapter 31. a. True.b. False. Government spending was 18% if GDP without transfers.c. False. The propensity to consume must be less than one for our model to be well defined.d.True. false.f. False. The increase in output is one times the multiplier.2. a. Y=160+0.6*(Y-100)+150+150 0.

22、4Y=460-60 Y=1000b. YD=Y-T=1000-100=900 c. C=160+0.6*(900)=7003. a. No. The goods market is not in equilibrium. From part 2a, Demand=1000=C+I+G=700+150+150b. Yes. The goods market is in equilibrium.c. No. Private saving=Y-C-T=200. Public saving =T-G=-50. National saving (or in short, saving) equals p

23、rivate plus public saving, or 150. National saving equals investment.4. a. Roughly consistent. C/Y=700/1000=70%; I/Y=G/Y=150/1000=15%.b. Approximately -2%.c. Y needs to fall by 2%, or from 1000 to 980. The parameter c0 needs to fall by 20/multiplier,or by 20*(.4)=8. So c0 needs to fall from 160 to 1

24、52.d. The change in c0 (-8) is less than the change in GDP (-20) due to the multiplier.5. a. Y increases by 1/(1-c1) b. Y decreases by c1/(1- c1)c. The answers differ because spending affects demand directly, but taxes affect demand through consumption, and the propensity to consume is less than one

25、.d. The change in Y equals 1/(1-c1) - c1/(1- c1) = 1. Balanced budget changes in G and T are not macroeconomically neutral.e. The propensity to consume has no effect because the balanced budget tax increase abortsthe multiplier process. Y and T both increase by on unit, so disposable income, and hen

26、ce consumption, do not change.*6. a. The tax rate ilessthanone.b. Y=c0+c1YD+I+G impliesY=1/(1-c1+c1t1)*c0-c1t0+I+Gc. The multiplier = 1/(1-c1+c1t1) <1/(1- c1), so the economy responds less to changes in autonomous spending when t1 is positive.d. Because of the automatic effect of taxes on the eco

27、nomy, the economy responds less to changes in autonomous spending than in the case where taxes are independent of income. So output tends to vary less, and fiscal policy is called an automatic stabilizer.*7. a. Y=1/(1-c1+c1t1)*c0-c1t0+I+G b. T = c1t0 + t1*1/(1-c1+c1t1)*c0-c1t0+I+Gc. Both Y and T dec

28、rease. d. If G is cut, Y decreases even more.Chapter 41. a.True. b.Fals. c.True. d.True. e.False. f.False. g.True.2. a. i=0.05: Money demand = $18,000; Bond demand = $32,000i=.1:Money demand = $15,000; Bond demand = $35,000b. Money demand decreases when the interest rate increases; bond demand incre

29、ases. This is consistent with the text.c. The demand for money falls by 50%. d. The demand for money falls by 50%.e. A 1% increase (decrease) in income leads to a 1% increase (decrease) in money demand. This effect is independent of the interest rate.3. a. i=100/$PB 1; i=33%; 18%; 5% when $PB =$75;

30、$85; $95.b. Negative. c. $PB =100/(1.08)$934. a. $20=MD=$100*(.25-i) i=5%b. M=$100*(.25-.15) M=$105. a. BD = 50,000 - 60,000 (.35-i)An increase in the interest rate of 10% increases bond demand $6,000.b. An increase in wealth increases bond demand, but has no effect on money demand.c. An increase in

31、 income increases money demand, but decreases bond demand.d. When people earn more income, this does not change their wealth right away. Thus, they increase their demand for money and decrease their demand for bonds.6. a. Demand for high-powered money=0.1*$Y*(.8-4i)b. $100 b = 0.1*$5,000b*(.8-4i) i=

32、15%c. M=(1/.1)*$100 b=$1,000 b M= Md at the interest derived in part b.6. d. If H increases to $300, falls to 5%. e. M=(1/.1)*$300 b=$3,000 b7. a. $16 is withdrawn on each trip to the bank.Money holdingsday one: $16; day two: $12; day three: $8; day four: $4.b. Average money holdings are $10.c. $8 d

33、ollar withdrawals; money holdings of $8; $4; $8; $4. d. Average money holdings are $6.e. $16 dollar withdrawals; money holdings of $0; $0; $0; $16.f. Average money holdings are $4.g. Based on these answers, ATMs and credit cards have reduced money demand.8. a. velocity=1/(M/$Y)=1/L(i)b. Velocity rou

34、ghly doubled between the mid 1960s and the mid 1990s.c. ATMS and credit cards reduced L(i) so velocity increased.Chapter 51. a.Trub.Tru c.Fal.d. False. The balanced budget multiplier is positive (it equals one), so the IS curve shifts right.e. False.f. Uncertain. An increase in G leads to an increas

35、e in Y (which tends to increase investment), but an increase in the interest rate (which tends to reduce investment).g. True.*2. Firms deciding how to use their own funds will compare the return on bonds to the return on investment. When the interest rate on bonds increases, they become more attract

36、ive, and firms are more likely to use their funds to purchase bonds, rather than to finance investment projects. a.Y=1/(1-c1)*c0-c1T+I+G The multiplier is 1/(1-c1).b. Y=1/(1-c1-b1)*c0-c1T+ b0-b2i +GThe multiplier is 1/(1-c1-b1). Since the multiplier is larger than the multiplier in part a, theeffect

37、 of a change in autonomous spending is bigger than in part a.c. Substituting for the interest rate in the answer to part b: Y=1/(1-c1-b1+ b2d1/d2)*c0-c1T+ b0+(b2*M/P)/d2 +GThe multiplier is 1/(1-c1-b1+ b2d1/d2).d. The multiplier is greater (less) than the multiplier in part a if (b1- b2d1/d2) is gre

38、ater (less) than zero. The multiplier is big if b1 is big, b2 is small, d1 is small, and/or d2 is big, i.e., if investment is very sensitive to Y, investment is not very sensitive to i, money demand is not very sensitive to Y, money demand is very sensitive to i.4. a. The IS curve shifts left. Outpu

39、t and the interest rate fall. The effect on investment is ambiguous because the output and interest rate effects work in opposite directions: the fall in output tends to reduce investment, but the fall in the interest rate tends to increase it.b. From 3c: Y=1/(1-c1-b1)*c0-c1T+ b0-b2i +Gc. From the L

40、M relation: i= Y*d1/d2 (M/P)/d2To obtain the equilibrium interest rate, substitute for Y from part b.d. I= b0+ b1Y- b2i= b0+ b1Y- b2Y* d1/d2+ b2(M/P)/d2To obtain equilibrium investment, substitute for Y from part b.e. Holding M/P constant, I increases with equilibrium output when b1>b2 d1/d2.Sinc

41、e a decrease in G reduces output, the condition under which a decrease in G increasesinvestment is b1<b2 d1/d2.f. The interpretation of the condition in part e is that the effect on I from Y has to be less than the effect from i after controlling for the endogenous response of i and Y, determined

42、 by the slope of the LM curve, d1/d2.5. a. Y=C+I+G=200+.25*(Y-200)+150+.25Y-1000i+250Y=1100-2000ib.M/P=1600=2Y-8000i i=Y/4000-1/5c. Substituting b into a: Y=1000d. Substituting c into b: i=1/20=5%e. C=400; I=350; G=250; C+I+G=1000f. Y=1040; i=3%; C=410; I=380. A monetary expansion reduces the intere

43、st rate and increases output. The increase in output increases consumption. The increase in output and the fall in the interest rate increase investment.g. Y=1200; i=10%; C=450; I=350. A fiscal expansion increases output and the interest rate. The increase in output increases consumption.h. The cond

44、ition from problem 3 is satisfied with equality (.25=1000*(2/8000), so contractionary fiscal policy will have no effect on investment. When G=100: i=0%; Y=800; I=350; and C=350.*6. a. The LM curve is flatb. Japan was experiencing a liquidity trap. c. Fiscal policy is more effective.7. a. Increase G

45、(or reduce T) and increase M.b. Reduce G (or increase T) and increase M. The interest rate falls. Investment increases, since the interest rate falls while output remains constant.CHAPTER 61. a.Fals. b.Fals. c.Falsd.Fals e.Tru f.Falsg.Uncertai h.True.i. False.2. a. (Monthly hires+monthly separations

46、)/monthly employment =6/93.8=6.4%b. 1.6/6.5=25%c. 2.4/6.5=37%. Duration is 1/.37 or 2.7 months. d. 4.9/57.3=9%.e. new workers: .35/4.9=7%; retirees: .2/4.9=4%.3. a and b. Answers will depend on when the page is accessed.c. The decline in unemployment does not equal the increase in employment, becaus

47、e the labor force is not constant. It has increased over the period.4. a. 66%; 66%*66%*66%= 29%; (66%)6 = 8%b. (66%)6 = 8%c. (for 1998): 875/6210= .145. a. Answers will vary.b and c. Most likely, the job you will have ten years later will pay a lot more than your reservation wage at the time (relati

48、ve to your typical first job).d. The later job is more likely to require training and will probably be a much harder job to monitor. So, as efficiency wage theory suggests, your employer will be willing to pay a lot more than your reservation wage for the later job, to ensure low turnover and low sh

49、irking.6. a. The computer network administrator has more bargaining power. She is much harder to replace.6. b. The rate of unemployment is a key statistic. For example, when there are many unemployed workers it becomes easier for firms to find replacements. This reduces the bargaining power of worke

50、rs.7. a. W/P=1/(1+ì)=1/1.05=.95 b. Price setting: u=1-W/P=5%c. W/P=1/1.1=.91; u=1-.91=9%. The increase in the markup lowers the real wage. From the wage-setting equation, the unemployment rate must rise for the real wage to fall. So the natural rate increases.CHAPTER 71. a.Tru b.Trc.Fals d.Fal

51、e.Tru f.Fal g.Fal2. a. IS right, AD right, AS up, LM up, Y same, i up, P upb. IS left, AD left, AS down, LM down, Y same, i down, P down3.a.WSPSASADLMISYiPShort run:upsameupsameupsamedownupupMedium run:upsameupsameupsamedownupupb.WSPSASADLMISYiPShort run:sameupdownsamedownsameupdowndownMedium run:sa

52、meupdownsamedownsameupdowndown4. a. After an increase in the level of the money supply, output and the interest-rate eventually return to the same level. However, monetary policy is useful, because it can accelerate the return to the natural level of output.b. In the medium run, investment and the i

53、nterest rate both change with fiscal policy.c. False. Labor market policies, such as unemployment insurance, can affect the natural level of output.*5. a. Open answer. Firms may be so pessimistic about sales that they do not want to borrow at any interest rate.b. The IS curve is vertical; the intere

54、st rate does not affect equilibrium output.c. No change.d. The AD curve is vertical; the price level does not affect equilibrium output.e. The increase in z reduces the natural level of output and shifts the AS curve up. Since theAD curve is vertical, output does not change, but prices increase. Not

55、e that output is above its natural level.f. The AS curve shifts up forever, and prices keep increasing forever. Output does not change, and remains above its natural level forever.6. a. The natural level of output is Yn. Assuming that output starts at is natural level, P0= M0- (1/c)*Ynb. Assuming th

56、at Pe=P0: Y = 2cM0-cP=2cM0-cP0-cdY+cdYnRecalling that Yn=c(M0-P0): Y= Yn + (c/(1+c d)*M0c. Investment goes up because output is higher and the interest rate is lower.d. In the medium run, Y = Yne. In the medium run, investment returns to its previous level, because output and the interest rate return to their previous levels.CHAPTER 81. a.Trb.Fac.Fad.T