If β1 is the marginal propensity to consume of taxpayers and β2 is the marginal propensity to consume…
When an increase in tax revenue (\(\Delta T\)) is used to finance an equal increase in government purchases of goods and services (\(\Delta G = \Delta T\)), and the marginal…
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If β1 is the marginal propensity to consume of taxpayers and β2 is the marginal propensity to consume of recipients of tax-financed government expenditure on goods and services, then what will be the value of the balanced-budget multiplier (ΔY/ΔT) when β2 > β1 ?
(Y = Income, T = Tax)
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When an increase in tax revenue () is used to finance an equal increase in government purchases of goods and services (), and the marginal propensity to consume of taxpayers () differs from that of the recipients of government expenditure (), the balanced-budget multiplier is given by . When (with ), the numerator exceeds the denominator , so .
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