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Unit 6 Flashcards

1
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private good

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not produced by gov

  1. Rivalry
  2. Excludability
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public good

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produced by gov

  1. non-rivalry
  2. non-excludability
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3
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effciency losses in public goods

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MB>MC

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4
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quasi-public goods

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underproduced by private sector, benefit beyond individulal buyers (education, police, etc)

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gov expenditure

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  1. purchases (exhaustive)

2. transfer payments

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6
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transfer payments

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nonexhuastive (don’t create, SS or welfare)

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7
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propietary income

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lottery, tolls

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spending

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  1. pensions
  2. defense
  3. healthcare
  4. interest
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9
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revenue

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  1. personal income tax
  2. Corporate tax
  3. payroll tax
  4. sales + excise tax
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10
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deductions

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donations, mortage, etc

*marg tax rate is highest paid > find AVG tax rate

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11
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corporate tax

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on profit, old (35%) v new(20-25%), progressive

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12
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payroll tax

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taken out of paycheck, regressive

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13
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FICA

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social security+medicare, proportional

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14
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sales/excise tax

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sin tax, proportional

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15
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tax burden

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  1. benefits recieved principle

2. ability to pay principle

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16
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benefits recieved principle

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use service, pay taxes to finance
probs:
1. how gov determine benefits?
2. can’t apply to certain programs

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17
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ability to pay principle

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based on income, how much afforded

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18
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progressive

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income increase, % rate increase (personal income tax)

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19
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regressive

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rate decreases as income increases (sales tax, payroll, property)

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20
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proportional

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same for all (sales, corporate)

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21
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tax incidence

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degree to which tax falls on person

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22
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tax elasiticty

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more demand inelestic = more tax shifted to consumer

elastic = seller takes on

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23
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effciency loss

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DWL, society sacrifice net benefits, greater elasticity=great loss
- taxes may have=revenue not social cost

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24
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minimize effciency loss

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redistributive goals:

  1. taxes redristribute income
  2. reduce negative externalities
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25
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anti-trust laws

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  1. Sherman Antitrust act
  2. Clayton antitrust act
  3. Federal trade commison act
  4. Wheeler lea act
  5. Celler-Kefauver act
26
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sherman antitrust act

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fixing prices, vague, won 1 case

27
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clayton antitrust act

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fix sherman

a) outlaw price discrimination
b) prohibit tying contract
c) eliminate interlocking directorates

28
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federal trade commission act

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send cease orders

29
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wheeler lea act

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stop false advertising

30
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Celler-Kefauver act

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limits mergers

31
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court interpretations

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a) policy on monopolist be behavior/structuralist?

b) how should markets be defined?

32
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structuralist

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’s, too high market share=regulate

33
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behavorialist

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if serves society, allow

34
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rule of reason

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size doesn’t matter, look at intent, carnegie

35
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90-60-30 theory

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90 are, 60 prob, 30 no

loop hole - Du pont cellophane

36
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2 perspectives of gov involvement

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  1. active anti-trust

2. laissez faire (market corrects it)

37
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3 types of mergers

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horizontal, vertical, conglomerate

38
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horizontal merger

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2 comp of same field

39
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vertical merger

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buys manufacturing process

40
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conglomerate

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owns businesses in mult. fields

41
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free rider

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benefits but no contribution, demand down

42
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price fixing

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collusion, per se violation (fines)

43
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other anti-trust activities

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  1. mergers
  2. price fixing
  3. price discrimination
  4. tyingn contract
44
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tying contract

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to get a, must buy b

45
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income inequality cause

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  1. ability
  2. education+training
  3. discrimination
  4. preference+risks
  5. unequal distribution of wealth
  6. market power
  7. luck/connections/misfortunes
46
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quintile/lorenz curve

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Gini ratio 0(equality) - 1(inequality)
problems:
1. income mobility
2. gov. redistribution of income

47
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growth of income inequality

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why?

a. demand of high skill workers
b. demographic change
c. trade/immigration

48
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equality efficiency trade-off

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more income equality comes at cost of lost production/income

49
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accuracy of poverty #’s

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  1. cities (high cost of living)

2. income v consumption

50
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entiltlements

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transfer payments, us income maintenance system

51
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social insurance

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partially replace lost earnings

i. social security
ii. medicare
iii. unemployment

52
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public assistance

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unable to earn income/have dependents

i. supplemental security income (can’t get SS)
ii. temporary assistance for needy families (welfare)
iii. SNAP
iv. Medicaid (people on SSI or TANF)

53
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trade deficit

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import greater than export (china)

54
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trade surplus

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export greater than import (canada)

55
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3 types of goods

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  1. labor intensive
  2. land intensive
  3. capital intensive
56
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absolute advantage

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who produces better

57
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comparative advantage

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who gives up the least

58
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terms of trade

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whats traded to get what you want

59
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avg tax %

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avg tax%= tax/income

60
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marginal tax %

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highest paid

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