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intro to Fiscal Policy cloned 4/15/2022

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Question 1
1.

What is the objective of demand-side policies?

Question 2
2.

Draw the desired effects of demand-side policies:

Question 3
3.

Explain: what are automatic stabilisers?

Question 4
4.

Explain: what is discretionary fiscal policy?

Question 5
5.

Name two possible sources of government revenue other than taxes.

Question 6
6.

Give one example of current expenditure of the Polish government:

Question 7
7.

Give one example of capital expenditure of the Polish government:

Question 8
8.

Give one example of a transfer payment in Poland:

Question 9
9.

What types of expenditure count towards GDP under the label of "government spending"?

Question 10
10.

What is the difference between ‘government budget deficit’ and ‘government debt’?

Question 11
11.

Do some reasearch. What is the level of budget deficit and public debt in Poland right now?

Question 12
12.

What sort of fiscal policy was presented on the diagrams above?

Question 13
13.

What is the goal of this policy?

Question 14
14.

Give two examples of this policy:

Question 15
15.

What sort of fiscal policy was presented on the diagrams above?

Question 16
16.

What is the goal of this policy?

Question 17
17.

GIve two examples of this policy:

Fiscal policy focuses mainly on short-term stabilisation. However, it can also contribute to longterm growth of potential GDP.

It can do so indirectly, by providing a stable macroeconomic environment, and directly, by leading to aggregate expenditures that result in growth of potential GDP.

Question 18
18.

According to Mazzucato, why is the government indispensible for technological progress?

Question 19
19.

Government can use its revenues to invest in physical capital goods, such as infrastructure (roads and transport systems, telecommunications, harbours, airports, etc.), as well as on R&D, which improves technology, and
therefore improves the quality of capital goods, and improves the productivity of labour.

Give two specific real world examples of such investment.

Question 20
20.

Government spending can be used to invest in develop human capital, such as training and education programmes that increase the quality of the labour force and improve the productivity of labour.

Give two specific real world examples of such investment.

Question 21
21.

Government can provide incentives to encourage investment by firms through lower business taxes (as well as other measures to be considered later), thereby contributing to new capital formation and R&D that promotes technological innovations.

Give one specific real world examples of such incentive.

Question 22
22.

What happens to LRAS, when the government makes a successful investment in R&D?