ECON 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Autonomous Consumption, Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply

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We have a simple closed economy with no government sector. Both wages and prices are fixed in the short run. Increase in aggregate demand lead to increase in output not to a rise in the aggregate price level prices or wages (the aggregate supply curve is horizontal up until the full employment level of output). Since in the short run firm set their prices and hold them fixed then quantities they sell depend on demand, not supply. Aggregate demand determines the quantity of goods sold, that is, real gdp. C is an endogenous variable determined within the model. I is an exogenous variable determined outside the model. We need to model consumption so let us assume that consumption is determined by two factors autonomous consumption and income induced consumption. This can be captured on equation like below: The a stand for autonomous consumption ie consumption that would take place independent of income.

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