Table 23-1
The following table contains data for Mindalion for the year
2019.
GDP | $200 |
Income earned by citizens abroad | $9 |
Income foreigners earn here | $7 |
Losses from depreciation | $4 |
Indirect business taxes | $10 |
Statistical discrepancy | $0 |
Retained earnings | $8 |
Corporate income taxes | $12 |
Social insurance contributions | $30 |
Interest paid to households by government | $8 |
Transfer payments to households from government | $55 |
Personal taxes | $60 |
Nontax payments to government | $11 |
Refer to Table 23-1. Disposable personal income for Mindalion in 2019 is
a. |
$198. |
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b. |
$201. |
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c. |
$200. |
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d. |
$130. |
Question 18
A statistical discrepancy
a. |
explains the inadequacy of GDP in capturing the value of leisure and the value of a clean environment. |
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b. |
exists because data sources are not perfect, so measures of expenditures and income are not equal. |
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c. |
insures that GDP will approximately equal GNP. |
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d. |
explains the close association between GDP and quality of life measures such as literacy and life expectancy. |
QUESTION 21
Table 23-2
The following table contains data for country Krugeveaux for the
year 2019.
Household purchases of durable goods | $1,574 |
Household purchases of nondurable goods | $1,717 |
Household purchases of services | $385 |
Household purchases of new housing | $704 |
Purchases of capital equipment | $310 |
Inventory changes | $363 |
Purchases of new structures | $611 |
Depreciation | $117 |
Salaries of government workers | $1,422 |
Government expenditures on public works | $569 |
Transfer payments | $777 |
Foreign purchases of domestically produced goods | $88 |
Domestic purchases of foreign goods | $140 |
Refer to Table 23-2. What was country Krugeveaux's GDP in 2019?
a. |
$1,988 |
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b. |
$7,603 |
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c. |
$1,991 |
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d. |
$3,676 |
1) Solution: $130
Working:
GDP 200
Add: Income earned by citzens abroad 9
Minus: Income foreigner earns here -7
Minus: Losses from deprexiation -4
Net national product 198
Add: Transfer payments to households from government
55
Less: Retained earnings -8
Less: Corporate income taxes -12
Less: Indirect business taxes -10
Less: Social contributions -30
Add: Interest paid to households 8
Personal income 201
Less: Personal taxes -60
Less: Nontax payments to government -11
Disposable personal income 130
2) Solution: explains the inadequacy of GDP in capturing the value
of leisure and the value of a clean environment
Explanation: The statistical discrepancy refers to the GDP
inadequacy in capturing the the value of a clean environment and
value of leisure
3) Solution: $7603
Working:
Household purchases of durable goods 1574
Add: Household purchases of nondurable goods
1717
Add: Household purchases of services 385
Add: Household purchases of new housing 704
Add: Purchases of capital equipment 310
Add: Inventory changes (net increase in inventory)
363
Add: Purchases of new structures 611
Add: Salaries of government workers 1422
Add: Government expenditures on pencils 569
Add: Foreign purchases of domestically produced goods
88
Less: Domestic purchases of foreign goods
-140
GDP 7,603
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