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+Nominal GDP was unchanged between 2010 and 2011. | +Nominal GDP was unchanged between 2010 and 2011. | ||
{ | {The following table provides partial 2011 priee indices for four aggregates (with base = 100 in 2010) as well as the shares spent on each item by different types of consumers in 2010. Which of the following is correct? (CPI = Consumer Priee Index) | ||
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-The CPI equals 440 in 20 II. | |||
- | -Students' CPI equals 110 in 2011. | ||
+Students were affected by a stronger level of inflation than retirees between 2010 and 2011. | |||
-None of the above is correct. | |||
{ | {One of the main problems with the Consumer Priee Index (CPI) is that :} | ||
- | -Intertemporal comparisons are unreliable as the CPI is based on a representative consumption basket that changes every year. | ||
- | -It is systematically higher than the GDP deflator | ||
- | -It underestimates increases in the cost of living as it does not take into account changes in the composition of society. | ||
+ | +It overestimates increases in the cost of living as it do es not take into account the substitutability between consumption goods. | ||
{ | {Country A is rich and country B is poor. What can we say based on the theoretical predictions of Solow's growth model ?} | ||
- | -Thanks to development aid, country B will experienee faster growth in GDP per capita than country A. Thus, in the long-run both countries will have identical levels of GDP per capita. | ||
- | +Due to the decreasing productivity of physical and human capital, GDP per capita growth in country A (which has already accumulated a lot of capital) is weaker than in country B. Thus, everything else equal, growth rates will be identical in the long-run. | ||
-Due to the increasing productivity of capital, GDP per capita growth in country B increases as it accumulates capital, resulting in a level of GDP per capita above the level of country A. | |||
- | -Country B will not be able to catch up with country A. Its growth rate will always be smaller than the growth rate of country A. | ||
{Laquelle des propositions suivantes est correcte ?} | {Laquelle des propositions suivantes est correcte ?} | ||
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