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Interventionist supply side policies

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Policies based on the idea that the government has an important role to encourage growth

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Supply side policies

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Policies that are designed to increase the long-run aggregate supply in the economy by increasing the quantity or quality of factors of production

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Fiscal policy

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The government’s policy for revenue and expentidure

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Monetary policy

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Policies around the supply of money and interest rate levels in an economy

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Interest

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Price of money/opportunity cost of spending or holding money

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Nominal interest rate

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Rate of interest avaliable excluding any adjustment for inflation

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Real interest rate

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Rate of interest adjusted for inflation

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Aggregate supply

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Total amount of goods and services that all industries in an economy will produce at every given price level

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Short run aggregate supply

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Time period where prices of factors of production do not change - the wage rate is fixed

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Aggregate demand

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Total spending on goods and services in an economy at a given price level

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GDP

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Total value of goods and services produced within a country over a given time period

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GNI

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Total value of goods and services produced by a nations citizens over a given time period (regardless of location)

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Recession

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Two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth

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Monopoly

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Where there is only 1 firm in the market, there are high barriers to entry and they make abnormal profit in the long run

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Oligopoly

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Where a few large firms dominate the industry, produce identical products, distinct barriers to entry, interdependence and stable prices

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Collusion

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When firms charge the same price on purpose to act as a monopoly

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Market power

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The ability of a firm to raise the market price of a good/service above its marginal cost by restricting output

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Perfect competition

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Where there is a large number of small firms, with no control over the price, identical products, no barriers

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Productive efficiency

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When a firm produces where AC is at its minimum

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Allocative efficiency

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When a firm produces where supply=demand

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Monopolistic competition

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A large number of small firms, no major barriers, similar but differentiated products, small control over price/output

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Revenue

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Income earnt by the firm from it’s business

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Short run

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Time period where one factor of production is fixed and the others are variable

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Long run

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All factors of production are variable

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Economies of scale
The decrease in average costs of production as it increases the output due to gains in efficiency
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Market failure
When consumer and producer surplus is not maximised
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Externalities
Unintended side effects that occur on a third party
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Marginal private benefit
Private benefit gained by consumer due to consumption
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Marginal social benefit
MPB +/- any external benefit or cost on others as a result of an individual consuming the product
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Marginal private costs
Private cost to a firm that occurs as a result of production
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Marginal social cost
MPC +/- any external benefit or cost as a result of production
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Public goods
Goods that would not be provided at all by the free market but are of benefit to society
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Adverse selection
When one party has more information than the other
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Indirect tax
Tax imposed on expenditure and paid on your behalf by producer
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Dead weight loss
Loss of consumer and producer surplus that arises in the market due to government intervention causing supply and demand to no longer be in equilibrium
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Subsidy
The amount of money paid by the government to a producer per unit output
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Maximum price
Price limit imposed by the govt when they believe price is too high
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Minimum price
Price minimum imposed by the govt when they believe price is too low
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Price mechaism
The force of supply and demand
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Consumer surplus
The extra satisfaction gained by a consumer when the price they pay is below what they were prepared to pay
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Producer surplus
The excess in earnings (revenue) that the producers receive above what they were willing to sell it for
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Price elasticity of supply
The responsiveness of a firms willingness and ability to change the quantity supplied due to a change in price
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Supply
The quantity of goods/services a producer is willing and able to supply at each price
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Law of Supply
As price decreases, Qs decreases
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Elasticity
How much something changes when there is a change in another determinant
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Normal good
A good that is positively related to income - as income increases, Qd increases
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Inferior goods
A good that is negatively related to income - as income rises, Qd decreases
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Market
A place where buyers and sellers come together to carry out an economic transaction
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Demand
Quantity of goods and services that a consumer is willing and able to consume at different prices
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Scarcity
Conflict between finite resources and infinite wants
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Economics
Study of choices people make in overcoming problems that occur due to limited resources and unlimited needs/wants
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Opportunity cost
Next best thing forgone when an economic decision is made
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Capital
Anything made by humans that can be used to produce a good or service
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Positive economics
Factual and objective claims
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Normative economics
Subjective and opinion based judgements
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Unemployment
People of working age who are without work, available for work and actively seeking employment
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Labour force
Economically active population
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Cyclical unemployment
Unemployment due to changes in the business cycle
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Structural unemployment
Unemployment due to changes in the structure of the economy or a change in the institutional framework of the economy
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Frictional unemployment
Unemployment that occurs when people are between jobs or having just left education
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Seasonal unemployment
Unemployment due to changing seasons
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Natural rate of unemployment
Unemployment that exists above the equilibrium (structural+frictional+seasonal)
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Crowding out
When an increase in government spending causes an equal (fully) or less than equal (partial) decrease in private sector spending
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Inflation
Persistant, sustained increase in the average price level in an economy (>3%)
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PPI
Producer price index of goods/services used by producers
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XPI
Export price index - index of exported goods and servcies
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MPI
Import price index - index of imported goods and services
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Cost push inflation
Caused by the increase in costs of production, SRAS shifts left
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Deflation
A persistent fall in the average level of prices
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Demand pull inflation
An increase in AD causes PL to increase
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Disinflation
When inflation is still increasing but at a diminishing rate
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Economic growth
An increase in real GDP over time
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Lorenz Curve
Shows the extent of inequality of income in a country
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Absolute poverty
A situation when the income is not enough to meet basic needs
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Relative poverty
A comparative measure based on standards of living in a country
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MPI
Multi dimensional poverty index (composite indicator)
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Equality in economics
Economic outcomes are the same (equal) for different people or social groups
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Equity in economics
People should be treated fairly and be given the resources and opportunities to reach their potential
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Indirect taxes
Taxes on consumption of goods and services
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Regressive tax
As incomes increase, % of income paid in tax decreases
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Marginal tax rate
The extra tax paid as a result of one extra dollar of income earnt
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Average tax rate
The percentage of income that is paid in tax
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Absolute advantage
When a country is able to produce more of a good than another country given the same resources (they are more efficient)
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Comparative advantage
When a country can produce goods at a lower opportunity cost than another country
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Free trade
No barriers to trade
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Protectionism
Policies that prevent free trade
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Dumping
When a country exports goods to another at a price less than the average cost to produce it
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Tariffs
A tax charged on imported goods. Paid by the importer to the govt.
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Quotas
A restriction on the number of imports that are allowed in the country
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Trade subsidies
A subsidy paid by the govt to domestic producers to make them produce more goods, thus less imports are required
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Economic integration
The extent to which nations have abolished trade restrictions
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Preferential trade agreement
When two or more countries remove or reduce trade barriers on specific goods and services produced in the participants countries.
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Free trade area
When a group of countries remove trade barriers between themselves on all goods and services but have the ability to retain their own protectionism policies.
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Customs union
An agreement between countries where there is a common trade barrier set for non-member countries and free trade between member countries
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Common market (ie european economic area)
Free movement of all factors of production, unified non-tariff barriers, taxes
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Economic and monetary union
A common market plus all states and countries adopt a common currency.
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Complete economic integration
When a country unifies all economic policy tools ie fiscal and monetary with one new country being formed.
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Trade diversion
Production of goods moves from a low cost producer to a higher cost producer
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World trade organisation
An organisation made up of 164 countries that set the rules for trade and resolves disputes between member countries

A HL Economics 2024/2025 (25 decks)

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