Friday, March 4, 2016

Automatic or built-in-stabalizers

February 29, 2016

Automatic or built-in-stabilzers

  • anything that increases the governments budget deficit during a recession and increases it's budget surplus during inflation.
  • DOES NOT REQUIRE GOVERNMENT ACTION
  • Unemployment compensation, Medicaid, Medicare, Wellfare, VA Benefit, Social Security



  • progressive tax system 

- Average tax rate (tax revenue/ GDP) rises with GDP
GDP rises = tax rises

  • Proportional tax system

-average tax rate remains constants GDP Changes

  • Regressive tax system 

-average tax rate falls with GDP


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