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01/26/2013

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Term
Own-Price Elasticity of Demand
Definition
% Change in Demand / % Change in price
Term
How is "Percent Change" calculated when dealing with Elasticity?
Definition

Change in value / Average value

 

[Ending value-beginning value] / [(ending value+beginning value) / 2]

Term
Slope of the Demand Function
Definition

Change in Demand / Change in Price

 

**Not percent

Term
Income Elasticity of Demand
Definition
% Change in quantity demanded / % change in income
Term
Cross-Price Elasticity of Demand
Definition
% Change in demand / % Change in price of substitute or complement
Term
Accounting Profit (Loss)
Definition
Total Revenue - Total Accounting Costs
Term
Economic Profit
Definition

Total Revenue - Total Economic Costs

 

Total Economic Costs aka explicit + implicit cost

Term
Normal Profit
Definition
Accounting Profit - Economic Profit
Term
Total Revenue
Definition
Price times quantity or the sum of individual units sold times their respective prices
Term
Average Revenue
Definition
Total Revenue divided by quantity
Term
Marginal Revenue
Definition
Change in total revenue divided by change in quantity
Term
Total Fixed Cost
Definition
Sum of all fixed expenses; includes all opportunity costs
Term
Total Variable Cost
Definition
Sum of all variable expenses, or per unit variable cost times quantity
Term
Total costs
Definition
Total fixed cost plus total variable cost
Term
Average Fixed Cost
Definition
Total fixed cost divided by quantity
Term
Average variable cost
Definition
Total variable cost divided by quantity
Term
Average total cost
Definition
Total cost divided by quantity
Term
Marginal Cost
Definition
Change in total cost divided by change in quantity
Term
Marginal Revenue Product of labor
Definition

MRP of labor = change in total revenue / change in quantity of labor

 

Marginal product * Product price (when a firm's in perfect competition)

Term
Profit maximization with MRP
Definition

Profits are maximized when:

 

(MRP1 / Price of input 1) = (MRPn / Price of input n)

Term
Relationship between MR and price elasticity
Definition
MR = P[1 - (1/Ep)]
Term
N-firm concentration ratio
Definition

Computes the aggregate market share of the N largest firms in the industry.

 

Ratio will equal 0 for perfect competition and 100 for a monopoly

Term
Herfindahl-Hirschman Index
Definition

Adds up the squares of the market shares of each of the largest N companies in the market.

 

Equals 1 for a monopoly.

Term
Nominal GDP
Definition

Value of goods and services included in GDP measured at current prices

 

Nominal GDP = quantity produced in Year t * Prices in Year t

Term
Real GDP
Definition

Refers to the value of goods included in GDP measured at base-year prices

 

Real GDP = Quantity produced in Year t * Base-year prices

Term
GDP Deflator
Definition

[Value of current year output at current year prices / value of current year output at base year prices] * 100

 

[Nominal GDP / Real GDP] * 100

Term
Components of GDP
Definition

GDP = C + I + G + (X - M)

 

C = consumer spending on final goods and services

I = gross private domestic investment, which includes business investment in capital goods and changes in inventory

G = government spending on final goods and services

X = exports

M = imports

Term
Expenditure Approach of GDP Calculation
Definition

GDP = consumer spending on goods and services

+ Business gross fixed investment

+ Change in inventories

+ Government spending on goods and services

+ Government gross fixed investment

+ Exports - imports

+ Statistical discrepancy

Term
Income Approach of GDP Calculation
Definition
National income + Capital consumption allowance + Statistical discrepancy
Term
National Income
Definition

Sum of incomes received by all factors of production used to generate final output

 

Employee compensation, corporate and government enterprise profits before taxes, interest income, rent and unincorporated business net income, indirect business taxes less subsidies

Term
Capital consumption allowance
Definition

Accounts for the wear and tear or depreciation that occurs in capital stock during the production process.

 

Represents the amount that must be reinvested by the company in the business to maintain current productivity levels

Term
Personal Income
Definition
National Income - Indirect business taxes - corporate income taxes - undistributed corporate profits + transfer payments
Term
Personal disposable income
Definition

Personal income - personal taxes

 

aka

 

Houseold consumption + Household saving

Term
Household saving
Definition
Personal disposable income - consumption expenditures - interest paid by consumers to businesses - personal transfer payments to foreigners
Term
Business sector saving
Definition
Undistributed corporate profits + capital consumption allowance
Term
GDP
Definition
Household consumption + total private sector saving + Net taxes
Term
Equality of expenditure and income
Definition

S = I + (G - T) + (X - M)

 

S is savings? I is investment or income?

Term
The IS Curve
Definition

Relationship between income and the Real Interest Rate

 

Disposable income = GDP - Business saving - Net taxes

 

S - I = (G - T) + (X - M)

Term
Quantity theory of money
Definition

MV = PY M/P and Md/P = kY

 

Where:

k = I/V

M = Nominal money supply

Md = Nominal money demand

Md/P is referred to as real money demand and M/P is real money supply

Term
Money market equilibrium
Definition
M/P = RMd
Term
Solow (neoclassical) growth model
Definition

Y = AF(L,K)

 

Where:

Y = aggregate output

L = quantity of labor

K = quantity of capital

A = technological knowledge or total factor productivity (TFP)

Term
Growth Accounting Equation
Definition

Growth in potential GDP = Growth in technology + WL(Growth in Labor) + WK(Growth in Capital)

 

Growth in per capital potential GDP = Growth in technology + WK(Growth in capital-labor ratio

Term
Measures of Sustainable Growth
Definition
Labor Productivity Potential GDP
Term
Labor Productivity
Definition
Real GDP / Aggregate hours
Term
Potential GDP
Definition
Aggregate hours * Labor productivity
Term
Potential GDP Growth rate
Definition
Long-term growth rate of labor force + Long-term labor productivity growth rate
Term
Unit Labor Cost
Definition

ULC = W/O

 

Where:

O = output per hour per worker

W = total labor compensation per hour per worker

Term
Required reserve ratio
Definition
Required reserve / Total Deposits
Term
Money multiplier
Definition
1 / Reserve requirement
Term
Fischer Effect
Definition

Nominal interest rate (RN) reflects the real interest rate (RR) and the expected inflation rate (∏C)

 

RN = RR + ∏C

Term
The Fiscal Multiplier
Definition

Ignoring taxes:

1/(1-MPC)

 

Assuming taxes:

1/[1 - MPC(1-t)]

Term
Balance of Payment Components
Definition

Current Account

Capital Account

Financial Account

Term
Current Account
Definition
Balance largely reflects trade in goods and services
Term
Capital Account
Definition
Blaance mainly consists of capital transfers and net sales of non-produced, non-financial assets
Term
Financial Account
Definition
Measures net capital flows based on sales and purchases of domestic and foreign financial assets
Term
Real Exchange Rate
Definition

SDC/FC * (PFC / PDC)

SDC/FC = Nominal Spot exchange rate

PFC = foreign price level (quoted in terms of the foreign currency)

PDC = Domestic price level (qutoed in terms of the domestic currency)

Term
Forward Rate
Definition

FDC/FC = (1 / SFC/DC) * [(1 + rDC) / (1 + rFC)]

 

or

 

FDC/FC = SDC/FC * [(1 + rDC) / (1 + rFC)]

Term
Forward Rate as expected future spot rate
Definition

Ft = St+1

 

[(St + 1) / S] - 1 = % change in S(DC/FC)t + 1 = (rDC - rFC) / (1 + rFC)

Term
Marshall-Lerner condition
Definition

ωXεX + ωMM - 1) > 0

 

Where:

ω= Share of exports in total trade

ω= Share of imports in total trade

ε= Price elasticity of demand for exports

ε= Price elasticity of demand for imports

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