Economics 2152A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Gross Domestic Product, Gross National Product, Inventory Investment

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Gross domestic product (gdp): the dollar value of final output produced during a given period of time within the borders of canada. Published by statistics canada as port of the national income and expenditure accounts (niea). Three approach to measure gdp: give exactly the same measure of gdp. 1) product approach (value-added approach): the sum of value added to goods and services in production across all productive units in the economy. The total value added =the total value of all goods produced the total value of all intermediate goods. 2) expenditure approach: total spending on all final goods and services production in the economy. The total expenditure = c+ i + g +nx = gdp. 3) income approach: add up all incomes received by economic agents contributing to production. The total income: y = c+ i + g +nx =gdp. Income-expenditure identity: aggregate income is equal to the sum of the components of aggregate exp.

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In a given year, we find the value of final goods and services produced in the economy is $15t. Your professor told you that this is the expenditure approach to measuring GDP. He also told you we can measure GDP using the value of all the incomes generated from that production, but when you do, the dollar value of incomes is less than $15t. Please explain why this is so AND how this problem is corrected.

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Calculate the missing data.

Calculate missing data from the table.

Income/Expenditure Flows	Amount (in billions)
Consumption expenditure	$7
Government expenditure	$5
Depreciation	$3
Net taxes	$2
Investment	$4
Net exports	$1
Expenditures
Income
GDP

Calculate the following.

Using the data from a partial set of national income and expenditure data, address the following:

Calculate gross domestic product (GDP) using the expenditure approach.

Determine net domestic product, gross national product (GNP), and statistical discrepancy.

Item	Amount in 2010 (in billions)
Government expenditure (G) =	$8
Consumption expenditure (C) =	$20
Investment (I) =	$5
Net exports (NX) =	$1.5
GDP (expenditure approach)=
Total wages =	$21
Net operating surplus =	$11
Net domestic product =
Indirect taxes minus subsidies =	$3.5
Capital consumption =	$2
GDP (income approach)=
Statistical discrepancy =
Net factor income from abroad =	$5.5
GNP =

Consider the tables.

Given production and price data below, address the following:

Calculate an economy's nominal GDP and real GDP.

In 2000:

Item	Quantity (millions)	Price ($/unit)	Expenditure (millions of $)
Socks	15	5	75
SIM cards	20	2	40
Defense Budget	9	5	45

Real/Nominal GDP = 160

In 2003:

Item	Quantity (millions)	Price ($/unit)	Expenditure (millions of $)
Socks	15	5	75
SIM cards	20	5	100
Defense Budget	20	10	200

Nominal GDP =

2003 Quantities valued at 2000 prices:

Item	Quantity (millions)	Price ($/unit)	Expenditure (millions of $)
Socks
SIM cards
Defense Budget

Real GDP =

Answer the following questions.

How do you measure GDP?

How do you measure real and nominal GDP?

How do you determine Consumer Price Index and what are its limitations?

Which of the following expenditures will be included in GDP which will be excluded from the calculation? Explain your answers.

Spare tires bought by Across America, a car rental company

Textbooks bought by college students

Cabinets purchased by a furniture store

A new car purchased by an NFL player

A cruise ship bought by Carnival

The expenditure and resource cost-income approaches to calculating GDP arrive at the same final number, but they calculate that number in different ways. To illustrate, consider the possible effects of the following transactions on GDP:

Ralph pays The Home Station $1,200 to plant a new lawn in his backyard. He's attracted by The Home Station's guarantee that he'll be happy with the new lawn, or he'll get his money back.

The Home Station pays Al's Lawn Care $850 to plant the lawn.

Al's Lawn Care buys grass seed worth $200 from Green Center Nursery.

Compute contributions to GDP, using the expenditure approach. Assume that Green Center Nursery receives the grass seed at no charge and that other costs are zero.

Hint: Add the amount of money spent by buyers of final goods and services.

Which of the following would be included in the expenditure method of calculating GDP? Check all that apply.

-The Home Station spends $850.

-Ralph spends $1,200.

-Al's Lawn Care spends $200.

The total contribution to GDP, measured by the expenditure method, is $______

Now use the following table to compute contributions to GDP, employing the resource cost-income approach. In particular, indicate the costs of intermediate goods and the value-added at each stage of production.

Stage of Production	Sale Value	Cost of Intermediate Goods	Resource Cost-Income
Green Center Nursery	$200	?	?
Al's Lawn Care	$850	?	?
The Home Station	$1,200	?	?

The contribution to GDP that you found using the expenditure approach corresponds to the sum of the _____ at each stage of production.

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