Principles of Economics

Philip Leatherwood, Lecturer

Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics, and Strategic Planning

Student Number: _______________________

Name: _______________________________

Exercise on the Income-Expenditures Model

  1. Consider a two sector economy where—

Y = C + I

C = 300 + 4/5Y

I = 600

Find the following values:

  1. Equilibrium Income _________________
  2. Equilibrium Consumption _________________
  3. Savings _________________
  4. The expenditures multiplier _________________
  5. How can savings not equal investment? __________________________________
  1. Add a third sector, Government, where—

Y = C + I + G

G = 500

C = 300 + 4/5(Y – T)

T = 400

I = 600

Find the following values:

  1. Equilibrium Income _________________
  2. The expenditures multiplier _________________
  3. The tax multiplier _________________
  4. Government surplus/deficit _________________
  1. Using your three sector model, assume full employment is reached only when Y = 6000.
  1. What change in government spending would give Y = 6000? _________________
  2. What change in tax would give Y = 6000? _________________
  3. Why is the change in spending not the same as the change in income? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  1. Using your three sector model, express tax as a 25% income tax.

Find:

  1. equilibrium income _________________
  2. the expenditures multiplier _________________
  3. Why is the multiplier different than above?

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5. Graph your three sector model including the spending change in 3.a.

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