海南大学2008-09学年度第2学期试卷 科目：《宏观经济学》试题(A卷) 姓名： 学号： 学院： 专业班级： Please answer the Questions(每题10分，共同100分) 1.Explain what happens to consumption,investment,and the interest rate when the government increases taxes 2.According to the neoclassical theory of distribution,the real wage earned by any worker equals that worker's marginal productivity.Let's use this insight to and barbers. past because of technological progress.According to the neoclassical theory,what should have happened to their real wage? b.In what units is the real wage discussed in part (a)measured? esame period,the productivity of barbers has remained constantW should have ha real wage? d.In what units is the real wage in part(c)measured? e.Suppose workers can move freely between being farmers and being barbers. What does this mobility imply for the wages of farmers and barbers? f.What do your previous answers imply for the price of haircuts relative to the price of food g.Who benefits from technological progress in farming-farmers or barbers?海南大学 2008-09 学年度第 2 学期试卷 科目：《宏观经济学》试题(A 卷) 姓名： 学 号： 学院： 专业班级： Please answer the Questions（每题 10 分，共同 100 分） 1.Explain what happens to consumption, investment, and the interest rate when the government increases taxes. 2.According to the neoclassical theory of distribution,the real wage earned by any worker equals that worker’s marginal productivity. Let’s use this insight to examine the incomes of two groups of workers:farmers and barbers. a.Over the past century,the productivity of farmers has risen substantially because of technological progress.According to the neoclassical theory, what should have happened to their real wage? b. In what units is the real wage discussed in part (a) measured? c.Over the same period,the productivity of barbers has remained constant.What should have happened to their real wage? d. In what units is the real wage in part(c)measured? e.Suppose workers can move freely between being farmers and being barbers. What does this mobility imply for the wages of farmers and barbers? f.What do your previous answers imply for the price of haircuts relative to the price of food? g.Who benefits from technological progress in farming—farmers or barbers?