Role Of The State Flashcards

1
Q

Unemployment paradox

A

low UP is good but causes inflation as shown on the Philips curve

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2
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NRU

A

natural rate of UP when inflation is 0

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3
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2 types of indirect tax

A

specific (fixed)

Ad Valorem (%)

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4
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Ad Valorem Tax

A

% tax (VAT)

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5
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Progressive, Regressive and proportional tax

A

Progressive tax is %increase as income increases.

Regressive is % decreased as income increases such as national income

Proportional is tax is the same amount of tax (corp tax)

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6
Q

Incentives to work

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increase in direct tax = lower incentive to work

decrease in indirect tax = increased incentives to work

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7
Q

laffer curve

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the graph showing the relationships between tax rev and tax rate

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8
Q

What was the impact of lower income tax on FDI

A

FDI increased

companies see higher wealth for workers and hence lower pay

move operations there

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9
Q

Who do central banks give money to

A

High street banks

government

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10
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Roles of the central bank

A

lending to other banks

lending to the government

implementing monetary policy

regulation of banking

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11
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NRU

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The point on the Phillips curve where there is no inflation from UP

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12
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What does Phillips curve suggest about monetary policy

A

LRPC- inflation always will beat the NRU

Any policy will just create inflation or deflation

Hence policy has no effect

SS policies (changing the supply of labour) can change the RNU

the LRPC shows that UP always returns to the NRU

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13
Q

3 types of public expenditure

A

current spending
capital spending
transfer payments

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14
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Current spending

A

spending by the govt on the day to day running of a country

reoccurring payments

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15
Q

capital spending

A

spending on infrastructure

long term projects and anything that the government aims to reap rewards from

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16
Q

Transfer payments

A

money for nothing

benefits of subsidies

not included in govt spending in AD eq

17
Q

3 factors affecting public spending

A

age distribution

income

political causes

18
Q

age distribution as a factor affecting public spending

A

Japan has a high age distribution

more money spent on pensions and healthcare

botswana- low life expectancy

young pop- more on ed

19
Q

Impact of incomes on public spending

A

higher incomes leads to lower demand for public services

demand wavers response to changes in income and is income inelastic

as people become wealthier demand for public services could decrease

20
Q

political values as a factor for public expenditure

A

in Denmark- high trust in the government

population accepts high quality of tax

58% government spending

high tax follows high trust

21
Q

Areas affected by a change in public spending

A

productivity and growth

living standards and equality

crowding out

22
Q

productivity growth as changed by the public sector

A

increase in spending leads to increase in AD

more dfiunds for the NHS leads to more productivity and skills

increased productivity leads to LRAS shifting right

lower could depending on how efficiently money is spent

23
Q

Living standards and equality as enhanced by public spending

A

Higher living standards

leads to welfare and benefits payments which leads to more healthy lifestyles from high earners

this leads to increased inequality

24
Q

rewarding crowding out

A

resources were already being used efficiently

this leads to increased opportunity cost for public spending

this is because public expenditure decreasing the cost avalible to the private sector

25
Q

Types of budgets deficit

A

cyclical deficiy

structural deficit

26
Q

financial crowding out

A

an increase in government beurocracy will increase the demand for money

this will push up the price of money and the IR

This mades it more expensive to borrow

27
Q

OBR

A

The orgnaision in charge of organising government spending

all but truss has their budget reviewed

28
Q

Cylical deficit

A

deficit based off position in the economic cycle

automatic stabilisers increases govt spenfign at times of recession (benefits)

when tax rev increases and increase in spending also need for more ss policy leads to the budget worsening

29
Q

Structural deficit

A

consistant deficit regardless of position in the econoic cycles

30
Q

National dept

A

total govt dept built up by govt borrowing over time

31
Q

How does AD affect the IR and create finantial crowing out

A

the govt needs to borrow money

this increases the demand for loans

this leads to the interest rate increasing

this is financial crowing out

32
Q

Impact of an increase in ad

A

increase in IR

increase Financial crowing out,

33
Q

Impact of the generations of budget deficit

A

future generations will have to cut expenditure and increase taxes