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How does a price increase affect supply?

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When the prices of an item increases supply increases- because more sellers are willing to sell.

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What is a supply curve shift?

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When supply changes due to something other than price.

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What are the characteristics of a positive supply curve shift (shift right)?

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Supply increases at each price point

Higher Equilibrium GDP

Number of sellers increases - market can get flooded

Examples: Government subsidies or technology improvements that decrease costs for suppliers

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What are the characteristics of a negative supply curve shift (shift left)?

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Supply decreases at each price point

Lower Equilibrium GDP

Cost of producing item increases

Examples: Shortage of gold- so less gold watches are made; wars or crises in rice-producing countries means there is less rice on the market

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How does price affect the demand for an item?

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When the prices of an item increases- demand for it decreases.

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What is a Demand Curve Shift?

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When demand changes due to something other than price.

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What is a Positive Demand Curve Shift (Shift Right)?

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When demand increases at each price point

Price of substitutes go up - price of beef rises- so people buy more chicken

Future price increase is expected - War in Middle East- people go out and buy gas

Market expands - i.e. people get new free health care plan- demand at clinic rises

Expansion - more spending increases equilibrium GDP

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What is a Negative Demand Curve Shift (Shift Left)?

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Demand decreases at each price point.

Price of complement goes up - price of beef goes up- less demand for ketchup

Boycott - Company commits social blunder- consumers boycott

Consumer income rises - Demand for inferior goods drops as people have more money to spend

Consumer tastes change

Contraction - less spending decreases equilibrium GDP

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What is the Marginal Propensity to Consume?

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How much you spend when your income increases

Calculate: Change in Spending / Change in Income

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What is the Marginal Propensity to Save?

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How much you save when income increases

Calculate: Change in Savings / Change in Income

Also equals 1 - Marginal Propensity to Consume

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How is the multiplier effect calculated?

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(1 / 1-MPC) x Change in Spending

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How does increased spending by consumers and the government affect the demand curve?

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As spending by consumers or the government increases- the demand curve increases (shifts right).

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How does spending change due to the multiplier effect?

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The increase in demand ends up being larger than the amount of additional income spent in the economy due to the multiplier effect.

One consumer spends money- which:

  • Increases the income of a business
  • Increases the income of a vendor
  • Increases income of employees
  • Increases tax revenue
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How is Price Elasticity of Demand calculated?

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% Change in Quantity Demand / % Change in Price

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Under elastic demand- how does price affect revenues?

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Price increases- Revenue decreases

Price decreases- Revenue increases

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What conditions would indicate Elastic Demand?

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Many substitutes (luxury items)
Considered elastic if elasticity is greater than 1
10% drop in demand / 8% increase in price = 1.25 (Elastic)

Price increases- Revenue decreases
Price decreases- Revenue increases

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How does revenue react to price under Inelastic Demand?

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Price increases- Revenue increases

Price decreases- Revenue decreases

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What conditions would indicate Inelastic Demand?

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Few substitutes (groceries- gasoline)
Considered inelastic if coefficient of elasticity is less than 1
5% drop in demand / 10% increase in price = .5 (inelastic)

Price increases- Revenue increases
Price decreases- Revenue decreases

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What is Unitary Demand?

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Total revenue will remain the same if price is increased

Considered unitary if coefficient of elasticity = 1

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How is Income Elasticity of Demand calculated?

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% Change Quantity Demanded / % Change in Income

Normal goods greater than 1 (demand increases more than income)

Inferior goods less than 1 (demand increases less than income)

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What conditions occur under periods of inflation?

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Interest rates increase
Reduced demand for loans
Reduced demand for houses- autos- etc.
Value of bonds and fixed income securities decrease
Inferior good demand to increase
Foreign goods more affordable than domestic
Demand for domestic goods decrease

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What happens under Demand-Pull inflation?

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Overall spending increases

Demand increases (shifts right)

Market equilibrium price increases

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What happens under Cost-Push inflation?

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Overall production costs increase
Supply decreases (shifts left)
Market equilibrium price increases

Note: Demand-Pull and Cost-Push Inflation BOTH result in market equilibrium price to increase

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What is the Equilibrium Price?

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The price where Quantity Supplied = Quantity Demanded

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What is Optimal Production?
When Marginal Revenue = Marginal Cost
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What is the result of a Price Floor?
Causes a surplus if above equilibrium price.
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What is included under the income approach for calculating GDP? IPIRATED
``` Income of Proprietors Profits of Corporations Interest (net) Rental (Passive) Income Adjustments (Foreign Income) Taxes Employee Salaries - Household Income Depreciation - capital consumption allowance ```
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What is included under the Expenditure Approach for calculating GDP? GICE
Government Purchases Investment (Gross Domestic) Business spending Consumption (Personal) Net Exports
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What is GDP (Gross Domestic Product)?
The annual value of all goods and services produced domestically at current prices by consumers- businesses- the government- and foreign companies with domestic interests Included: Foreign company has US Factory Not included: US company has foreign factory
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What is Nominal GDP?
Measures goods/services in current prices.
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For what is a GDP Deflator used?
Used to convert GDP to Real GDP
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What is Real GDP?
Nominal GDP / GDP Deflator x 100
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What is the Consumer Price Index (CPI)? How is it applied?
Price of goods relative to an earlier period of time- which is the benchmark. Year 1 = 1.0 CPI = (current cost of market basket ÷ base year cost of market basket) X 100 Inflation rate =((CPI Current - CPI Last) ÷ CPI Last) X 100
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What is Gross National Product (GNP)?
Like GDP; Swaps foreign production. US Firms overseas are included- Foreign firms domestically are not included
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How is disposable income calculated?
Personal Income - Personal Taxes
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How is Return to Scale calculated?
% Increase in output / % Increase in input Greater than 1 = Increasing returns to scale Less than 1 = Decreasing returns to scale
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When is the economy in Recession?
When GDP growth is negative for two consecutive quarters.
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What are the stages of the Economic Cycle?
PEAK - Profits at highest level. Firm likely to face capacity constraints and input shortages, leading to higher costs and higher overall price levels. CONTRACTION - Falling economic activity and growth. Profits likely to be falling from highest levels. TROUGH - Low point of economic activity. Firms profits likely at lowest levels. Firms experiencing significant excess production capacity, leading ten to reduce workforce and cut costs. Recover (increasing) Expansion (higher again)
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What are leading indicators?
``` Conditions that occur before a recession or before a recovery Example: Avg new unemployment claims Building permits for residence Avg length of the workweek Money supply 2 Orders for goods Price changes of materials Index of consumer expectations Interest rates spread Index of supply deliveries Stock Market or New Housing Starts ```
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What are lagging indicators?
Conditions that occur after a recession or after a recovery Examples: Prime rate charged by banks Avg duration of unemployment commercial and industrial loans outstanding Consumer price index for services Consumer debt-to-income ration Changes in labor cost p/unit of manufacturing output Inventory to Sales ration
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What are coincident indicators?
``` Conditions that occur during a recession or during a recovery Example: Industrial production Manufacturing and trade sales industrial production (GDP) Personal Income less transfer payments ```
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What is a Depression?
A prolonged- severe recession with high unemployment rates No requisite period of time for the economy to officially be in a depression
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Which people are included in the calculation of unemployment?
Only people looking for jobs
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What is Cyclical Unemployment?
GDP doesn’t grow fast enough to employ all people who are looking for work Example: People are unemployed in 2010 because there aren’t enough jobs available due to the economy
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What is Frictional Unemployment?
People are changing jobs or entering the work force. This is a normal aspect of full employment. Example: A recent college graduate is looking for a job
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What is Structural Unemployment?
A worker’s job skills do not match those necessary to get a job so they need education or training Example: A construction worker wants to work in an office- so they quit their job and get computer training
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How does inflation relate to unemployment?
High Unemployment = Low Inflation (Vice Versa)
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What is the Discount Rate?
The rate a bank pays to borrow from the Fed.
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What is the Prime Rate?
The rate a bank charges their best customers on short-term borrowings.
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What is the Real Interest Rate?
Inflation-adjusted interest rate
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What is the Nominal Rate?
Rate that uses current prices
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What is the Risk-Free Rate?
Rate for a loan with 100% certainty of payback. Usually results in a lower rate. US Treasuries are an example.
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What is included in the M1 money supply?
Currency- Coins- and Deposits
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What is included in the M2 money supply?
Highly liquid assets other than currency- coins or deposits
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What is Deficit Spending?
Increased spending levels without increased tax revenue. Lower taxes without decrease in spending Gamble that the multiplier effect will take over and boost economy
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How can the Fed control the money supply?
By buying and selling the government's securities.
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How does the Fed control economy-wide interest rates?
By adjusting the discount rate charged to banks
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What is a Tariff?
A tax on imported goods
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What is a quota?
A limit on the number of goods that can be imported
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How do international trade restrictions affect domestic producers?
They are good for domestic producers. Demand curve shifts right Fewer substitutes They can charge higher prices
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How to international trade restrictions affect foreign producers?
They are bad for foreign producers Demand curve shifts left Fewer buyers They must charge lower prices
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How do international trade restrictions affect foreign consumers?
They are good for foreign consumers Supply curve shifts right Goods purchased at lower prices in the foreign markets
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How do international trade restrictions affect domestic consumers?
They are bad for domestic consumers Supply curve shifts left Fewer goods bought due to higher prices
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What is Accounting Cost?
Explicit (Actual) cost of operating a business Implicit costs are opportunity costs
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What is Accounting Profit?
Revenue - Accounting Cost
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What is Economic Cost?
Explicit + Implicit Cost
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What is Economic Profit?
Revenue - Economic Cost
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What is Monopsony?
A monopsony occurs when there is only one employer in a market
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What is Game Theory Model?
It is a concept used to understand Oligopoly, where there is an industry dominated by a small numbers of sellers. The model where there is conflict and cooperation among decision makers.
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What is the Herfindahl index?
is a measure of the size of firms in relation to the industry and an indicator of the amount of competition among them.
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A U.S. parent company is reviewing the cash flows from its international subs. In addition to exchange rate risk, which item would be a primary consideration in the company's cash-flow analysis.
Repatriation restrictions. It affect the parent's ability to get access to the cash of subs.
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What management technique would likely be most important to a firm in a purely competitive market.
Supply Chain Management. The firm needs to focus on decreasing costs
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How does inflation distort reported income?
Fixed assets are valued at historical costs. Therefore, depreciation does not reflect the current costs of the related assets.
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What is frictional unemployment?
Normal unemployment due to turnover - always exist
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What is structural unemployment?
The jobs available do not match skill - always exist
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What is seasonal unemployment?
Results from seasonal change in labor demand - always exist.
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What is cyclical unemployment?
Results from a decline in real GDP during contraction or recession.
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What is the natural rate of unemployment?
frictional unemployment + structural unemployment + seasonal unemployment = natural rate of unemployment
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What is the phillips curve?
The Phillips curve demonstrates the inverse relationship between the rate of inflation and unemployment. When unemployment is high, inflation is low. When unemployment is low, inflation is high.

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