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(a) The government offers a temporary investment tax credit: for

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Consider two large open economies, the home economy and the foreign economy. In the home country the following relationships hold:
Desired consumption, Cd = 320 + 0.4(F – T) – 200rw;
Desired investment, Id = 150 – 200rw;
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s = 1.361 R-sq = 91.62% R-sq(adj) = 90.8%
Analysis of Variance
SOURCE DF SEQ SS
C2 1 420.25
C3 1 2.67
a. What is the intercept of the regression?
b. What is the

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(a) Does the North still have