Figure 16-6. On the left-hand graph, MS represents the supply of money and MD represents the demand for money; on the right-hand graph, AD represents aggregate demand. The usual quantities are measured along the axes of both graphs.

-Refer to Figure 16-6. Suppose the multiplier is 5 and the government increases its purchases by $10 billion. Also, suppose the AD curve would shift from AD₁ to AD₂ if there were no crowding out; the AD curve actually shifts from AD₁ to AD₃ with crowding out. Also, suppose the horizontal distance between the curves AD₁ and AD₃ is $20 billion. The extent of crowding out, for any particular level of the price level, is

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Figure 16-6. On the left-hand graph, MS represents the supply of money and MD represents the demand for money; on the right-hand graph, AD represents aggregate demand. The usual quantities are measured along the axes of both graphs.

-Refer to Figure 16-6. Suppose the multiplier is 5 and the government increases its purchases by $10 billion. Also, suppose the AD curve would shift from AD₁ to AD₂ if there were no crowding out; the AD curve actually shifts from AD₁ to AD₃ with crowding out. Also, suppose the horizontal distance between the curves AD₁ and AD₃ is $20 billion. The extent of crowding out, for any particular level of the price level, is

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The extent of crowding out is the difference between the amount of the government spending increase and the increase in aggregate demand due to the multiplier effect. Therefore, the extent of crowding out is $20 billion (the horizontal distance between the curves AD₁ and AD₃) minus $10 billion (the amount of the government spending increase multiplied by the multiplier of 5), which equals $30 billion.