Multiple Choice
In a short-run Keynesian model where the marginal propensity to consume is 0.5, to offset a recessionary gap resulting from a $1 billion decrease in autonomous consumption, government purchases must be:
A) increased by $1 billion.
B) decreased by $1 billion.
C) increased by $0.5 billion.
D) increased by $2 billion.
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