39 Flashcards
Supply-side policies
tools that improve the productive potential of an economy
Supply-side improvements
Structural long-term productivity improvements (performance / competitiveness)
SSP Examples
Tax reduction, reduced trade union power, improve education, reduce welfare expenditure
SSI Examples
Natural birth increase, increased entrepreneurship, increased private sector investment
Market-led policies
Markets function better, private sector has more freedom
Government intervention
Overcome market failures, address inequality issues
Impact of SSI On real output
Increase production, increase quality
Impact of SSI on price level
Increase in AS causes increase in AD (demand-pull inflation is avoided) instead cost-push inflation occurs
Impact of SSI on employment
Mobility improvement, reduction in frictional and structural employment, capital can replace workers