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MARGINAL PROPENSITY FOR GOVERNMENT PURCHASES: The proportion of each additional dollar of national income that is used for government purchases. Or alternatively, this is the change in government purchases due to a change in national income. Abbreviated MPG, the marginal propensity for government purchases is the slope of the government purchases line used in the analysis of Keynesian economics. As such, it also plays a role in the slope of the aggregate expenditure line and the multiplier effect.
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RATIONAL ABSTENTION The decision NOT to do something (such as vote in an election) because the cost of taking the action is more than the expected benefit. The rational decision to refrain from an endeavor is a straightforward application of utility maximization and along with the related notion of rational ignorance, is a source of voter apathy and government inefficiency.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at an auction hoping to buy either a birthday gift for your mother or a weathervane with a horse on top. Be on the lookout for telephone calls from former employers.
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The word "fiscal" is derived from a Latin word meaning "moneybag."
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"There's only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give everything. " -- Vince Lombardi
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DCF
Discounted Cash Flow
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