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Midterm Exam MBA-12 Macroeconomics
Midterm Exam MBA-12 Macroeconomics
Instructions (5 minutes):
• Read the question, think, articulate an answer, then write. Your answers must be
concise. Do not ramble.
• You will be evaluated on the basis of the quality, not length of your answer.
• Your answers must be accompanied wherever possible by neat and clearly-labelled
diagrams.
• You can use flow sequences like ↑A →↑B →↓C instead of long text explanations.
• Number your answers correctly, corresponding to the question numbers and sub-
questions in the QP.
• Please send your answers in a single PDF or Word file in a proper paginated
sequence.
• Answer to each of the 5 questions must begin on a new page.
• You can (roughly) allocate 1 minute per mark assigned to each question.
a) Explain using the two-sector circular flow diagram the importance of SIBs to overall
economic activity.
b) Would you agree that D-SIBs must be bailed-out during a crisis? What are the costs
and benefits of such bail-outs?
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