The Short Run: Goods Market Flashcards (10 cards)

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1Question

How do production, income, and demand affect one another year to year?

Answer

Demand changes affect production when prices and wages are fixed; production changes income, which changes demand.

2Question

What does consumption (C) include?

Answer

Goods and services purchased by consumers.

3Question

What is total goods demand in a closed economy?

Answer

Z≡C+I+GZ \equiv C + I + G

4Question

What determines output in the goods-demand model?

Answer

Demand determines output.

5Question

What condition defines goods-market equilibrium in a closed economy?

Answer

Y=Z=C+I+GY = Z = C + I + G.

6Question

What formula gives equilibrium output with linear consumption?

Answer

Y=11−c1(c0+I+G−c1T)Y = \frac{1}{1-c_1}(c_0 + I + G - c_1T).

7Question

What is private saving in terms of disposable income, consumption, output, and taxes?

Answer

S≡YD−C=Y−T−CS \equiv Y_D - C = Y - T - C

8Question

What expression defines public saving?

Answer

T−GT - G

9Question

What can individual attempts to save more do to aggregate demand and output?

Answer

They can reduce both, potentially lowering total saving.

10Question

What determines equilibrium saving when investment, taxes, and government spending stay unchanged?

Answer

Investment and the public budget balance.

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1. When prices and wages are fixed, what sequence describes how a change in demand can affect economic activity from year to year?

2. A firm purchases new equipment to expand its productive capacity. Which GDP expenditure component does this purchase represent?

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