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Find the multiplier in an open economy if out of one rupee income, 80 paise goes to domestic…

Out of each rupee of income, \(0.80\) is spent on domestic consumption (\(c_d = c - m = 0.80\)) and \(0.10\) is spent on imports (\(m = 0.10\)), which implies a total…

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Find the multiplier in an open economy if out of one rupee income, 80 paise goes to domestic consumption, 10 paise goes to imports and 10 paise is saved

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Out of each rupee of income, 0.800.80 is spent on domestic consumption (cd=c−m=0.80c_d = c - m = 0.80) and 0.100.10 is spent on imports (m=0.10m = 0.10), which implies a total marginal propensity to consume of c=0.80+0.10=0.90c = 0.80 + 0.10 = 0.90 and a marginal propensity to save of s=1−0.90=0.10s = 1 - 0.90 = 0.10. Therefore, the open-economy multiplier is k=1s+m=10.10+0.10=10.20=5k = \frac{1}{s + m} = \frac{1}{0.10 + 0.10} = \frac{1}{0.20} = 5 (equivalently, k=11−cd=11−0.80=5k = \frac{1}{1 - c_d} = \frac{1}{1 - 0.80} = 5).

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