ECON 4710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Physical Capital, Perfect Competition

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National income accounting: method of aggregating the production of diverse goods into a single measure of overall economic activity. National accounting: state of an economy at a given time, changes to an economy over time, differences across countries. Gdp: the market value of the final goods and services produced in an economy over a certain period. 3 measures of gdp: expenditure measure: all the money spent on goods in the economy. Income measure: all the income earned in the economy: production measure: the number of goods produced in the economy. Economic profits: above normal returns associated with prices that exceed those that prevail under perfect competition. I= investment (ex: equipment that does not get used up in production: social security payments are not included because they are transfer payments (they move from one person to another) Nx= net exports (exports-imports: consumption and investment include imports so it is subtracted at the end, can be negative.

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 9. The series of ups and downs that tend to move the economy is known as __________. a. The economic cycle (business) b. recession c. depression d. economic growth 11. In the Circular Flow Model, consumption expenditures are the expenses of __________. a. The signatures by the factors of production. b. The government in the financial markets. c. The rest of the world in the goods market d. Families in the goods market. 12. GDP is a measure of the total value of __________. a. Sales in an economy over a period of time b. The consumer's income in an economy over a period of time. c. The accumulation of capital in an economy over a period of time. d. The final goods and services produced in an economy over a period of time.

 13. In calculating GDP, double counting (counting the same twice) is avoided, not including __________. a.. Net exports b. Intermediate goods c. Illegal activities d. The depreciation

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1. Which of the following suggest that real per capita GDP is not a perfect measure of economy well-being?
a. population varies acroâss countries
b. GDP doesn't measure the value-added during home production
c. GDP doesn't take into account income distribution
d. GDP understimates the values of goods and services produced in the economy because of inflation
e. GDP inacurrately measures the values of goods and services produced by the government
2. Suppose that y(t) describes how a variable y varies over time. Then the growth rate of the variable from year t to year t+1 is (approximately) equal to ( select all correct answers)
a. y(t+1) - y(t)
b. y(t+1) / y(t)-1
c. ln(y(t+1) / y(t)-1)
d. ln(y(t+1) / ln(y(t))
3. suppose the economy exhibits three consecutive quarters of negative real per capita growth. Would the policymakers say that the economy is in recession?
a. yes
b. no
4. when do we say that the economy is in a recession (select all the correct answers)
a. when the economy in in distress
b. when GDP is below its trend
c. when real per capita GDP is below its trend
d. when the economy exhibits two consecutive quarters of negative real per capita GDP growth
e. when unemployment is unusually high.

What is the market for factors of production?

What is the market for factors of production?
1. The market for factors of production is where households and firms interact to trade factors of production for factor payments. For example this is where people provide firms with labor and firms pay them with wages.
What is the money market?
1. The money market is where households, firms, and the government may save and/or invest their money to earn interests. Money market includes banks, stock market, bonds market, and other financial institutions where economic actors can buy and sell financial assets to earn interests and/or dividends.
Who are the three economic actors in the circular flow model?
1. In a circular flow model, the three main economic actors are the households, firms, and the government. Households include the typical individual consumers. Firms include businesses and similar producers in the economy. Finally, the government refers to the whole government system from federal to local level.
How is the national income of an economy determined?
1. The national income of an economy is determined by measuring the total value of the output produced in an economy or the total income earned by the actors in the economy. In a circular flow model, we can see that the value of total output produced should equal the total value of income generated and earned in the economy. This is because every dollar spent by someone in the economy is received by another person in the economy as income.
What is GDP?
1. The gross domestic product or GDP represents the sum total of the value of the final goods and services produced within the economy for a given year. It is the most commonly used measure of its economy’s productivity and income.

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