
The Ricardo-Barro effect says that
A) government budget deficits have no crowding out effect because taxpayers increase their savings to match the quantity of loanable funds demanded by the government.
B) government budget deficits crowd out private investment and thereby lower the real interest rate.
C) government budget deficits resulting from an increase in government expenditure have no effect on investment but government deficits resulting from a decrease in taxes crowd out investment.
D) government budget deficits cause households to save more in anticipation of higher taxes, which causes higher real interest rates.
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Q161: The idea that a government budget deficit
Q162: The crowding-out effect refers to
A) government spending
Q165: If the government has a budget deficit,
Q167: If the government's budget deficit increases and
Q172: In the absence of a Ricardo-Barro effect,
Q175: If China's government runs a budget surplus
Q176: According to the Ricardo-Barro effect, government deficits
A)
Q177: The Ricardo-Barro effect of a government budget
Q179: In the absence of a Ricardo-Barro effect,
Q180: The Ricardo-Barro effect holds that
A) equal increases
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