Supply Side Policy Flashcards
Supply side policy
Policies that improve production potential/ capacity of an economy
Illustrated by outward shift of LRAS
Market led policy
Designed to make markets work better and give private sector more freedom
State policy.
Gov intervention in markets to overcome different types of market failure
Supply side on LR and SR
Can affect both but usually focus LRAS
Evaluation
Is long run aggregate supply so time lags
Recent government supply side policies
Privatisation of Royal Mail
Objectives of supply side policy
Improved incentive for work Labour and capital productivity Mobility of labour Increased investment Promote competition
Private sector supply side policies objectives
Expand role of market policy
Cutting gov spending
Lower business taxes
Lower income tax rates
State (government driven) supply side policy
State investment in public services and infrastructure