Suppose that furniture production encompasses the following stages: Stage 1: Trees are sold to lumber company.............................................$ 6,000

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Suppose that furniture production encompasses the following stages:


Stage 1: Trees are sold to lumber company.............................................$ 6,000

Stage 2: Lumber is sold to furniture company........................................$19,000

Stage 3: Furniture company sells furniture to retail store.....................$24,000

Stage 4: Furniture store sells furniture to consumer.............................$52,000


(a) What is the value added at each stage? 

(b) How much does this output contribute to GDP?

(c) How would answer (b) change if the lumber were imported from Canada? 

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The Macro Economy Today

ISBN: 978-1259291821

14th edition

Authors: Bradley R. Schiller, Karen Gebhardt

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