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標題[試題] 98下 魏凱立 經濟學原理下 期中考
時間Fri Apr 23 12:10:21 2010
課程名稱︰經濟學原理下
課程性質︰必修
課程教師︰魏凱立
開課學院:社科院
開課系所︰經濟系
考試日期(年月日)︰2010/04/23
考試時限(分鐘):0910~1210 (180min)
是否需發放獎勵金:是
(如未明確表示,則不予發放)
試題 :
(100 points)
1. If the government borrows $100 billion to increase its expenditures,
what will happen? (5 points)
(a) Loans to private investors must decrease $100 billion.
(b) Interest rate in the market for loanable funds will decrease.
(c) Private demand for loanable funds will decline.
(d) None of the above.
2. Which on e of the below wlil increase money velocity (the ratio of nominal
GDP to the money supply)? (5 points)
(a) lowering prices
(b) introducing credit cards
(c) decreasing the reserve ratio
(d) creating a stock market
3. If the population on a small island economy doubles, now will this affect
the economy? (Which one of the below would be true?) (5 points)
(a) It will probably increase entrepreneurship in the economy, but the GDP per
capitamay still fall.
(b) It will be a smaller economic problem if the economy is based on
harvesting natural resources.
(c) It will decrease the GDP per capita (per person) of the country by half.
(d) GDP per capita must increase due to the increase in human capital.
4. In the modern world, which of the following would probably immediately
increase the GDP of a country most? (5 points)
(a) a 10% increase in the value of its natural resources
(b) a 10% increase in the value of its physical capital
(c) a 10% increase in the value of its human capital
(d) a 10% increase in its birth rate
5. Which of the following people are in the labor force? (More than one answer
may be correct)
(a) A young man who works on his father's farm 8 hours per week(1 points)
(b) A housewife looking for a job as a waitress(1 points)
(c) A factory worker on vacation (1 points)
(d) An unemployed teacher who has given up looking for the work (1 points)
(e) A student working 25 hours per week at 7-11 (1 points)
6. In 1990, Taiwan's banks had reserves of NT$1,156 billion in reserves and
the deposits of NT$6,471 billion.
(a) What was the reserve ratio? (5 points)
(b) What was the money multiplier? (5 points)
(C) In 2008, Taiwan's banks had NT$2,125 billion in reserves and the money
multiplier was 10. How much did Taiwan bank deposits increase from 1990 to
2008 (measure in %)? (5 points)
7. In 2005, U.S. consumption was $8.69 trillion, investment was $2.09
trillion, savings was $1.84 trillion, exports were $1.31 trillion, imports
were $2.03 trillion and government expenditures were $2.36 trillion.
(a) How much were net exports? (5 points)
(b) How much was GDP? (5 points)
(c) If the U.S. would have consumed $1 trillion less goods and instead
exported these goods (increasing exports by $1 trillion), how would this
have affected GDP? (5 points)
8. What does "money neutrality" mean? (5 points)
9. Briefly explain why unexpected inflation causes a bigger problrm than
expected inflation? (5 points)
10. Give one example of adverse selection and one example of moral hazard.
(5 points)
11. Taiwan CPI data
Year Food Prices Clothing Prices Housing Prices
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1988 100.0 100.0 100.0
1998 148.3 98.5 141.3
2008 181.2 103.1 143.5
Suppose Taiwanese consumers spend 40% of their income on food, 20% of their
income on clothing and 40% on housing (in other words, their consumption
basket is made up of these three things and the proportion is 40-20-40).
The CPI's base year is 1988 (in 1988, CPI=100.0).
(a) What was CPI in 1998? (5 points)
(b) What was the inflation rate from 1998 to 2008? You can measure this in %
per decade (10 years). (5 points)
(c) Was the inflation during the 1998-2008 period mainly caused by rising food
prices. (5 points)
12. Japan Data
Year nominal GDP GDP deflator Consumer Price Index
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1995 495 trillion yen 103.2 100.7
2000 503 trillion yen 100.0 102.7
2005 502 trillion yen 93.5 100.0
(a) How much was Japan's 1995 real GDP measured in 2000 yen? (5 points)
(b) How much did Japan's real GDP grow from 1995 to 2005 (measured in %)?
(5 points)
(c) From 1995 to 2005, the GDP deflator and the CPI fell at different rates.
Which fell most? Give one possible reason for this. (5 points)
(總算打完了,還沒考完就在考古真是不太對,等時間到了再送出好了)
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