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Aggregate Expenditures
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The sum of all expenditures made in an economy on C+I+G+NX. AE equals real GDP
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Who developed the AE Model?
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John Maynard Keynes
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AE Model
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model that relates income and expenditure in an economy such that total expenditures in the economy will be equal to total output.
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Real GDP (Y)
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a measure of the constant dollar value of all final goods and services produced in a country at a fixed period of time.
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MPC
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Marginal prosperity to consume, what you choose to spend your money on
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MPS
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Marginal prosperity to save, what you choose to save your money on
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Disposable Income (DI)
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the amount of income available to spend or save after taxes have been paid; calculated as the income (Y) minus taxes (T)
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Consumption schedule
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a graph showing the relationship between income and consumption
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Equilibrium line
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the 45 degree line thru the origin at points which represents AE is equal to Real GDP or Y
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Autonomous Consumption (A)
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the level of consumption expenditure when income is equal to 0. Autonomous consumption is funded by drawing on savings or by borrowing.
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Savings schedule
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a graph showing the relationship between income and savings
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Investment Demand
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the negative relationship between the quantity of new physical capital demanded by firms and prevailing interest rate
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Expected rate of return
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an anticipated increase in profit resulting from additional investment; expressed as a % of monetary cost of the additional investment
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Optimization Rule for an activity (review)
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MB>=MC, do it
MB<MC, dont do it
MB<MC, dont do it
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Optimization Rule for Investment (Review)
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rate of return >= cost of investment, invest
rate of return < cost of investment, don't
rate of return < cost of investment, don't
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Government purchases schedule
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in the aggregate expenditures model, a horizontal line showing the relationship between G and real GDP
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NX Purchases schedule
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in AE model, a line showing the relationship between NX and real GDP
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Expenditure Multiplier
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the effect that a $1 change in expenditure has on a real GDP; calculated as the ratio of the total change in real GDP due to change in initial expenditure
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Multiplier Effect
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the concept that an additional dollar of expenditures will result in the creation of more than one dollars worth of real GDP
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Tax Multiplier
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the effect that a $1 change in taxes has on real GDP
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Recessionary Gap
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The difference between expenditure when real GDP is below the full employment level and the level of expenditure at full employ. real GDP
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Inflationary Gap
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The difference between expenditure when real GDP is ABOVE the full employment level and the level of expenditure at full employ. real GDP
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Output gap
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the difference, or gap, between current real GDP and full employment real GDP
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Interest Rate Effect
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when price level rises the demand for money increases which causes interest rates to rise, resulting in a decrease in investment and consumption spending thus reducing the aggregate quantity of real GDP.
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Foreign Purchases Effect
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when price level rises, the quantity of exports decreases and the quantity of imports increases, resulting in a decrease in net exports, thus reducing the aggregate quantity of real GDP demanded.
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Real Balances Effect
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when the price level rises the real value of savings falls and people are less willing or able to buy goods and services, thus reducing the aggregate quantity of real GDP demanded
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When there is a decrease in the price level, all else held equal net exports will
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rise, which causes an increase in the quantity of real GDP demanded.
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Sticky Wages
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the idea that nominal wages tent to adjust slowly in response to changes in the market
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Demand-Pull Inflation
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inflation that occurs due to an increase in aggregate demand
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cost-push inflation
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inflation that occurs due to decrease in aggregate supply