Answer to Question 2:

Country A is on a gold standard. Country B, which is the same size as Country A, is on a silver standard. Country B becomes a better place in which to invest than before and Country A becomes a worse place to invest, with aggregate world investment remaining unchanged. This will reduce output and employment in Country A in the short run but not in the long run.

True or False?


The statement is false. The shift of investment from Country A to Country B puts leftward pressure on A's  IS  curve and rightward pressure on B's  IS  curve, creating downward pressure on output, income, and the demand for money in A and upward pressure on output, income and the demand for money in B. As this happens, A-residents will try to sell gold to B-residents in return for non-monetary assets and B-residents will try to sell non-monetary assets to A-residents for silver. The price of gold will fall relative to the price of silver, increasing A's exports to B and reducing B's exports to A by sufficient amounts to maintain the IS curves of countries A and B in their original positions. No change in employment and prices occur.

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