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Theme 4 Flashcards

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Absolute advantage

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When a country can produce a good more cheaply in absolute terms than another country

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Absolute poverty

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When people are unable to afford sufficient necessities to maintain life; this on less than $1.90 a day

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Aid

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When a country voluntarily transfers resources to another or gives loans on a concessionary basis

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Appreciation

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An increase in the value of the currency using floating exchange rates

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Asymmetric information

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When one party has more knowledge than another; this causes market failure in the financial sector

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Automatic stabilisers

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Mechanisms which reduce the impact of changes in the economy on national income

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Balance of payments

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A record of all financial dealings over a period of time between economic agents of one country and another

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Buffer stock systems

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When a maximum and minimum price are imposed together in order to bring about price stability

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Capital account

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A party of the balance of payments; records debt forgiveness, inheritance taxes, transfers of financial assets and sales of assets

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Capital expenditure

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Government spending on investment goods such as new roads, schools and hospitals, which will be consumed in over a year

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Capital flight

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When large amounts of money are taken out of the country, rather than being left there for people to borrow and invest

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Central banks

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A financial institution that has direct responsibility to control the money supply and monetary policy, to manage gold reserves and foreign currency and to issue government debt

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Common market

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Members trade freely in all economic resources and impose a common external tariff

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Comparative advantage

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Egan a country is able to produce a good more cheaply relative to other goods produced; it has a lower opportunity cost

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Current account

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A part of the balance of payments; records payments for the purchase and sale of goods and services, as well as incomes and transfers

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Custom union

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The removal of all tariff barriers between members and the introduction of a common external tariff

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Current expenditure

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General government final consumption plus transfer payments plus interest payments

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Cyclical deficit

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The part of the deficit that occurs because government spending fluctuates around the trade cycle

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Depreciation

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A fall in the value of currency using floating exchange rates

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Devaluation

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When the currency is decreasing against another under a fixed system

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Developed country

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Countries with high GDP per capita and a high standard of living

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Developing country

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Countries with a low GDP per capita and a low standard of living

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Discretionary fiscal policy

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Deliberate manipulation of government expenditure and taxes to influence the economy; expansionary and deflationary fiscal policy

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Economic development

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Improvements in living standards

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Emerging economies

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W country that is growing quickly and has some characteristics of a developed country but is not fully there yet

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Exchange rate

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The purchasing power of a currency in terms of what it can buy of other currencies

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Financial account

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A part of the balance of payments; records FDI, portfolio investment and the transfer of golf and currency reserves

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Financial markets

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When buyers and sellers can buy and trade a range of services or assets that are fundamentally monetary in nature

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Fiscal deficit

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When the government spends more than it receives each year

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Fixed exchange rate

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The value of the currency is set against the value of another and that exchange rate does not change

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Foreign currency gap

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When a country does not export enough to finance the purchase of goods from overseas

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Foreign direct investment

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Investment by one private sector company in one country into another private sector company in another

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Free trade

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Trade with no barriers or restrictions

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Free trade agreements

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When two or more countries in a region agree to reduce/eliminate trade barriers on all goods from member countries

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Free floating exchange rate

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Value of the currency is determined purely by market demand and supply of the currency

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General government final consumption

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Spending on goods and services which will be consumed within the next year

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Gini coefficient

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A measure of income inequality; the ratio of the area between the 45 degree line and the Lorenz curve and the whole area under the 45 degree line

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Globalisation

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The growing interdependence of countries and the rapid rate of change it brings about; movement towards free trade of goods and services, free movement of labour and capital and free interchange of technology and intellectual capital

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Harrod-Domar model

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Savings provide the funds that are used for the investment, and growth rates depend on the level of savings and the productivity of investment. Therefore, growth in developing countries is limited by the lack of investment

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Human development index (HDI)

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Measures an economy’s development based on income, health and education

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Infrastructure

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Facilities required for an economy to function, such as roads

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International competitiveness

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The ability of a country to complete effectively and become attractive in international markets

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J-curve

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The current account will worsen before it improves following a depreciation of the currency

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Laffer curve

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Shows that a rise in tax rates does not necessarily lead to a rise in tax revenues, due to the impact on incentives and work

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Lewis 2 model

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A model which suggests that countries will develop through industrialisation as labour is moved from the unproductive agriculture sector to the more productive urban sector. This increases wages and leads to move saving and investment

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Lorenz curve

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The cumulative percentage of population plotted against the cumulative percentage of income that those people have

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Market bubbles

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When the price of an asset rises massively and greatly exceeds the value of the asset itself

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Market rigging

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A group of individuals or institutions collide to fix prices or exchange information that will lead to gains for themselves at the expense of other participants in the market

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Micro finance schemes

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Schemes which aim to give poor and near-poor households permanent access to a range of financial sevices

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Managed floating exchange rate

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Value of the currency is determined by demand and supply but the central bank intervened to prevent large chnages

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Marshall-Lerner condition

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The suk of the price elasticities of imports and exports must be more than one if a currency depreciation is to have a positive impact on the trade balance

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Monetary unions

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Two or more countries with a single currency

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Moral hazard

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When individuals act in their own best interests knowing there are potential risks- another cause of financial market failure

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National debt

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The sum of government debts built up over many years

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Primary product dependency

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When a country relies heavily on primary products, such as agricultural goods or minin

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Progressive taxation

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Where those on higher incomes pay a higher marginal rate of tax; those on higher incomes pay a higher percentage of their income on tax

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Proportional tax

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The proportion of income paid on the tax remains the same whilst the income of the taxpayer changes; everyone pays the same percentage of their income on tax

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Quotas

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Limits placed on the level of imports allowed into a country

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Regressive taxation

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Where the proportion of income paid in tax falls whilst the income of the taxpayer increases; this on lower incomes pay a higher percentage on their income tax

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Relative poverty

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When income falls below an average income threshold
In the uk, this is those on less than 60% of the median household income

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Revaluation

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When the currency is increased against the value of another under a fixed system

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Speculation

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Trading financial assets in hope of significant returns

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Structural deficit

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The deficit which occurs when the cyclical deficit is 0

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Tariffs

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Taxes placed on imported goods in an attempt to prevent people from buying them

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Terms of trade

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The ratio of an index of a country’s exports to an index of its import prices

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Theory of comparative advantage

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Countries will find specialisation mutually advantageous if the opportunity costs of production are different

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Trade creation

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When a country moves from buying goods from a high cost to a lower cost producer

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Trade diversion

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When a country moves from buying goods from a low cost producer to a higher cost one

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Trade liberalisation

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Reduction or removal of protectionist policies

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Trading bloc

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A group of countries that reduce or remove trade barriers between them

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Transfer payments

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Government spending for which there is no corresponding output, where money is taken from one group and given to another

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Transfer pricing

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Where firms manipulate the price of their food so that profit is increased in areas of low tax

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Unit labour costs

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The cost of employing workers for each unit of a good

Econ Definitions (5 decks)

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