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Answer the following: • What is Say’s law? • What three things must be flexible in the Classical model? • What is the Classical solution for too much unemployment? • How does the self-regulating economy get out of a recessionary gap?
KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS • J. M. Keynes wrote during the Great Depression • Keynes focused on the demand side of the economy • Keynes did not believe that the economy was necessarily self-correcting
KEYNES ON WAGES AND PRICES • Keynes believed that wages and prices were STICKY DOWNWARD • The lack of wage and price flexibility suggested that the economy might get STUCK in a recessionary gap. • Keynes tended to focus on the short run because • “IN THE LONG RUN WE ARE ALL DEAD”
KEYNES AND INCOME • Keynes focused his analysis on Total Expenditures in the economy • In particular, he focused on Consumption • CONSUMPTION is a function of DISPOSABLE INCOME • SAVING is also determined by DISPOSABLE INCOME
CONSUMPTION AND SAVING TERMS • Autonomous Consumption - the portion of consumption that is not related to income (it is the amount of Cons. when income is 0). • MPC - marginal propensity to consume (it is change in C / change in Y) • MPS - marginal propensity to save (it is the change in saving / change in Y)
CONSUMPTION AND SAVING TERMS • Break-even income - the level of disposable income where consumption spending is just equal to disposable income. C = Yd S must be zero
EQUATION FOR C AND S • C = a + b(Yd) • Consumption = autonomous consumption + the MPC * (disposable income) • S = -a + (1-b)(Yd) • Saving = negative autonomous consumption + MPS * ( disposable income)
EXAMPLE • C = 100 + .75 (Yd) • Find Aut. Cons., MPC, MPS, and C and S when Yd=1000. • Aut. Cons. = 100 • MPC = .75 MPS = .25 • C = 100 + .75 (1000) = 100 + 750 = 850
Find MPC • Find MPS • Find Autonomous Consumption • Give the equation for consumption • Give the equation for saving • Find breakeven income • Find C and S when income is 700
CONSUMPTION FUNCTION • A change in Disposable Income causes a MOVEMENT ALONG the Consumption Function • A change in Autonomous Consumption causes a SHIFT of the Consumption Function
SAVING • SAVING is the unspent portion of a consumer’s income. • SAVING = Income - Consumption Exp.
INVESTMENT2 components • Capital goods (producer durables) - goods used by businesses to produce other goods and services. They have an expected service life of more than one year. • Inventory investment - changes in the stocks of finished goods, goods in process, and in raw materials a firm keeps on hand.
TOTAL EXPENDITURES • Total Expenditures = C + I + G + (X-M) • C depends on Disp. Y • S depends on Disp. Y • Disp. Y = C + S • I depends on the interest rate ( not Y ) • G is assumed to be autonomous
EQUILIBRIUM • TOTAL EXPENDITURES • are equal to • TOTAL PRODUCTION • is equal to • INCOME
DISEQUILIBRIUMTOTAL OUTPUT < TOTAL EXPENDITURES • unplanned inventories • production • employment • Real GDP • income
DISEQUILIBRIUMTOTAL OUTPUT > TOTAL EXPENDITURES • unplanned inventories • production • employment • Real GDP • income
C = 200 + .80(Yd)I = 300 • Find Autonomous Cons., MPC, and MPS • Find breakeven income • Find equilibrium income • In Qn=3000, identify the following: type of gap, size.
THE MULTIPLIER A dollar injected into the economy (i.e. investment) has an impact beyond the initial expenditures. The dollar continues to be spent multiplying its impact on the economy. The number of times it circulates through the economy is known as THE MULTIPLIER.
THE MULTIPLIER cont. The rate of circulation is related to the MPC and MPS. The larger the MPC, the more consumption rises as a result of an increase in income. This will result in a larger MULTIPLIER.
Autonomous Government Spending & the Multiplier Exhibit 12 ( 2 ) ( 3 ) C H A N G E I N C H A N G E I N R E A L ( 5 ) ( 1 ) A U T O N O M O U S N A T I O N A L I N C O M E C H A N G E I N E X P E N D I T U R E G O V E R N M E N T O R R E A L G D P ( 4 ) C O N S U M P T I O N R O U N D S P E N D I N G ( $ m i l l i o n s ) M P C ( $ m i l l i o n s ) R o u n d 1 $ 6 0 . 0 0 $ 6 0 . 0 0 $ 4 8 . 0 0 . 8 0 R o u n d 2 4 8 . 0 0 3 8 . 4 0 . 8 0 R o u n d 3 3 8 . 4 0 3 0 . 7 2 . 8 0 R o u n d 4 3 0 . 7 2 2 4 . 5 7 . 8 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A l l o t h e r 1 2 2 . 8 8 . 8 0 9 8 . 8 8 T O T A L $ 3 0 0 . 0 0 $ 2 4 0 . 0 0 ( A p p r o x .
THE FORMULA MULTIPLIER = 1 or 1 1 - MPC MPS
EXPANSIONARY FISCAL POLICYTO ADDRESS A RECESSIONARY GAP policy aimed at increasing economic activity through increasing G &/or decreasing T to increase AD or increase SRAS
CONTRACTIONARY FISCAL POLICYTO ADDRESS AN INFLATIONARY GAP policy aimed at decreasing economic activity through decreasing G &/or increasing T to decrease AD or decrease SRAS
Fiscal Policy in Keynesian Theory: Ridding the Economy of Recessionary Gaps
Fiscal Policy in Keynesian Theory: Ridding the Economy of Inflationary Gaps Exhibit 2 (2 of 2)
THE MULTIPLIER EFFECT both G and T are subject to the multiplier effect SO a change in either will lead to an even greater change in equilibrium real output (which is equilibrium Y)
THE EXPENDITURE MULTIPLIER • 1 / 1- MPC or 1 / MPS • Change in Real GDP = multiplier x (change in G)
EXAMPLE • Qe = 800 while Qn = 1000 • MPC = .75 • find the G necessary to bring the economy to natural real GDP
THE TAX MULTIPLIER • - MPC / MPS or ( 1 - exp. mult.) • Change in Real GDP = tax multiplier x (change in T)
EXAMPLE • Qe = 1200 while Qn = 800 • MPC = .66 • find the T necessary to bring the economy to full employment GDP
BALANCED BUDGET MULTIPLIER if both G & T increase (or decrease) by the same amount, then equilibrium real GDP will increase by the amount of the increase (or decrease) in G
C = 200 + .80(Yd)I = 300 • Find equilibrium income • In Qn=3000, identify the following: type of gap, size, fiscal policy options to close it.
Should Fiscal Policy be Used? NOT NECESSARILY Crowding Out Lags
CROWDING OUT increases in G may lead to decreases in private sector spending ( C or I )
CROWDING OUT may occur due to: • direct substitution more on public libraries fewer books at bookstores • interest rate effects more on social programs and defense budget deficit increases government’s demand for credit rises interest rate rises investment drops
Lags and Discretionary Fiscal Policy • The data lag: not aware of changes in the economy as soon as they happened • The wait-and-see lag: adopt a more cautious attitude • The legislative lag • The transmission lag: take time to be put into effect • The effectiveness lag: take time to affect the economy
KEYNESIAN PERSPECTIVE • fiscal policy is effective • crowding out is relatively small • lags are short
CLASSICAL PERSPECTIVE • fiscal policy is ineffective • crowding out is significant • lags are long
FISCAL POLICY • Discretionary Fiscal Policy
DISCRETIONARY FISCAL POLICY • deliberate changes in G and/or T to achieve particular objectives • requires new action by Congress
FISCAL POLICY • Discretionary Fiscal Policy • Automatic Stabilizers
AUTOMATIC STABILIZERS • changes in G and/or T that occur automatically as economic conditions change • these changes do not require new action by Congress