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Own price elasticity of demand
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% change in quantity / % change in price
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cross-price elasticity of demand
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% change in quantity demanded of X / % change in price of Y
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Income elasticity of demand
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% change in quantity demanded / % change in income
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Marginal cost
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Price of labor * marginal product of labor
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GDP
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Consumption + investment spending + government purchases + exports - imports
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Frictional unemployment
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Unemployment due to job searching
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Structural unemployment
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Unemployment due to skills no longer valued on the job market
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Cyclical unemployment
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Unemployment due to business cycle
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Spending multiplier
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1/MPS or 1/1 - MPC
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Utility Maximization
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MUx/Px = MUy/Py
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cost minimization
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MPL/PL = MPK/PK
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Level of output produced
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MR = MC
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Demand increase factors
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Increased price of substitute, decreased price of complement, increased income, tastes change in favor of good, price is expected to rise in future, increased number of consumers
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Supply increase factors
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Decreased price of input, decreased price of substitute in production, increased price of complement in production, improved technology, price expected to fall in future, increased number of producers
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Demand increase effects
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Price and quantity increase
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Supply increase effects
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Price decreases, quantity increases
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Aggregate demand increase factors
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Consumers/firms becoming optimistic, increased wealth, small existing stock of physical capital, increased government spending, decreased taxes, increased money supply
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Aggregate supply factors
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Decreased commodity prices, decreased nominal wages, increased productivity
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Tax multiplier
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Spending multiplier - 1
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Money multiplier
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1/reserve ratio
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expansionary fiscal policy
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Increased government spending or decreased taxes, increased aggregate demand, increased real GDP, increased money demand, increased interest rates, decreased investment, slightly decreased spending
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contractionary fiscal policy
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Decreased government spending or increased taxes, decreased aggregate demand, decreased real GDP, decreased money demand, decreased interest rates, increased investment, slightly increased spending
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Expansionary fiscal policy in open economies
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Increased interest rates, increased demand for domestic currency, appreciation
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Contractionary fiscal policy in open economies
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Decreased interest rates, decreased demand for domestic currency, depreciation
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expansionary monetary policy
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Increased money supply and bond prices, decreased interest rate, increased investment, increased aggregate demand, increased real GDP, slightly increased money demand and interest rate
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contractionary monetary policy
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Decreased money supply and bond prices, increased interest rate, decreased investment, decreased aggregate demand, decreased real GDP, slightly decreased money demand and interest rate