ECON-2006EG Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Consumption Function, Aggregate Demand, Government Spending

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Topic 4 aggregate demand and fiscal policy. Aggregated demand (=gdp) can fluctuate due to consumption and investment decisions. Autonomous consumption (=fixed amount of spending, independent from income) Marginal propensity to consume (= slope of consumption function) mpc. Steeper consumption line -> larger consumption response to a change in income. Mpc < 1 means only part of an increase in income is consumed, the rest is saved (precautionary savings) Goods market equilibrium: output (y) = ad = c + i, mpc < 1 means the slope of the ad line is below 45 . The total change in output can be greater than the initial change in ad because of the flow of expenditure, income and ouput. Multiplier represents the relative magnitude of this change: multiplier = 1 increase in gdp = initial increase in spending multiplier > ( (

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