Macroeconomics: Private and Public Choice (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305506756
Author: James D. Gwartney, Richard L. Stroup, Russell S. Sobel, David A. Macpherson
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 7, Problem 9CQ
(a)
To determine
Identify the contribution to
(b)
To determine
Identify the contribution to GDP when Person J spend $200 on parts and pays $400 to repair the machine.
(c)
To determine
Identify the contribution to GDP when Person J spends $200 on parts and rebuild the engine.
(d)
To determine
Identify the contribution to GDP when Person J sells her automobile for $5,000 and buys from Person S for $10,000.
(e)
To determine
Identify the contribution to GDP when Person J sells automobile for $5,000 and buys new car for $20,000.
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Which of the following transactions should or should not be counted in GDP?
Answer Yes or No and briefly explain your answer. Answers without explanation will not be considered
in grading, even if they are correct.
a. You buy a pair of new cowboy boots on a trip to Texas
b. You buy a pair of vintage cowboy boots from your cousin in El Paso
c. A cat burglar sells $10,000 of stolen jewelry to a fence
d. Amazon issues $1 billion worth of new shares
e. GM purchases $100 million worth of tires from Firestone
f. A private company builds a new road in Memphis Y
g. Stay-at-home parents provide an estimated $500 million of child care services
Which of the following would be captured and included in the calculation of GDP?
A) The cost of hospital stays.
The rise in life expectancy over time.
(C) Child care provided by a licensed day care center.
Child care provided by a grandmother at home.
A used car sale to the Brown family.
A new car sale to the Brown family.
(G) The greater variety of cheese available in supermarkets.
The iron that goes into the steel that goes into a refrigerator bought by the Brown family.
Which of the following transactions or activities would be counted in your country’s GDP? Explain your answers.
A transportation company acquires a fleet of second-hand vehicles.
The same transportation company acquires 1.000 gallons of gas from a foreign company deducted from the net export component of GDP.
You buy 10 short-term government bonds.
A mining company acquires new government licenses to drill in land the company already owns.
You pay for a new haircut at your local hairdresser.
Foreign residents buy a bundle of your country’s food specialties on an online retail site.
Your parents spend a whole day cooking meals to be handed out to their poorer neighbors.
The local government acquires furniture for newly built schools.
Two telecommunications companies merge.
A non-profit organization buys an apartment to lodge their headquarters.
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