Chapter 8: Q. 13 (page 187)
Consider the table below for the economy of a nation whose residents produce five final goods.
Short Answer
The real GDP is .
Chapter 8: Q. 13 (page 187)
Consider the table below for the economy of a nation whose residents produce five final goods.
The real GDP is .
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Consider the following table for the economy of a nation whose residents produce four final goods.
Assuming a base year:
a. What is nominal GDP for and ?
b. What is real GDP for and ?
In Table 8-1, what is the total dollar amount that is added to the nation's gross domestic product? Why?
Explain what happens to contributions to GDP in each of the following situations.
a. A woman who makes a living charging for investment advice on her Internet Web site marries one of her clients, to whom she now provides advice at no charge.
b. A man who had washed the windows of his own house every year decides to pay a private company to wash those windows this year.
c. A company that had been selling used firearms illegally finally gets around to obtaining an operating license and performing background checks as specified by law prior to each gun sale.
Suppose that in 2019, geologists discover large reserves of oil under the tundra in Alaska. These new reserves have a market value estimated at \(50 billion at current oil prices. Oil companies spend \)1 billion to hire workers and move and position equipment to begin exploratory pumping during that same year. In the process of loading some of the oil onto tankers at a port, one company accidentally spills some of the oil into a bay and by the end of the year pays $1 billion to other companies to clean it up. The oil spill kills thousands of birds, seals, and other wildlife. What was the combined effect of these events on GDP for this year? (Hint: Which transactions took place in the markets for final goods and services?) In what ways, if any, does the effect on GDP reflect a loss in national welfare?
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