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Summary study book Macroeconomics of Gregory Mankiw, Mark p. Taylor - ISBN: 9781464141775, Edition: second european edition, Year of publication: 2014 (Book summary)

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Micro-economics version 2.0
Hoofdstuk 1
Inflation rate: how fast prices are rising
Unemployment rate: the fraction of the labour force that is out of work

Real GDP: measures total income of everyone in the economy (adjusted for price level)
 Recessions: periods during which real GDP falls
 depressions: more severe recessions
 deflation: periods of falling prices

Endogenous variables: variables that a model tries to explain
Exogenous variables: variables that a model takes as given

Market clearing models
 all wages and prices are flexible short run
 wages and prices are sticky long run

Microeconomics: study of how households and firms make decisions and how these
decision makers interact in the marketplace.


Hoofdstuk 2
GDP: gross domestic product: nations total income and total expenditure on its output of
goods and services.
 no used goods
 inventory not included ( producing inventory does, selling inventory doesn't)
 only value of final goods
 rent of houses and imputed value (schattingen) are in it
 Real GDP: price levels of one year used to calculate

Nominal GDP
GDP deflator =
Real GDP

GDP:
1. final consumption expenditure (household: non durable, durable, semi-durable,
sercices) (non-profit institutions) (general government consumption )
2. gross capital formation: total investment. (gross fixed: business fixed, general
government fixed, fixed investment dwellings) (inventory fixed )
3. net exports

National income accounts identity: GDP = Y= C+I+G+NX
GNP: Gross national product: GDP + factor payments from abroad - factor payments to
abroad.
NNP:net national product: substract the depreciation of capital (GNP-depreciation)

CPI: Consumer price index: level of prices
 current price X Q / 2012 price X Q
 understates housing costs: excluding mortgage interest payments and council
taxes.
 overstates inflation: fixed basket of goods, so no substitution possible.

,  overstates inflation: no new goods accounted: consumers are better off because
more choice
 overstates inflation: does not take quality change in account


CPI versus Deflator
 GDP measures prices of all goods and services CPI only bought goods
 GDP includes only domestically goods, CPI also goods bought from other countries
 CPI: fixed basket of goods, GDP changes as the composition changes

Unemployment
Labour force: number employed + unemployed
Unemployment rate: unemployed / labour force
Labour-Force participation rate: labour force/ adult population
Number of unemployed
Unemployment rate= ∗100
La bour force
Labour Force
Labour−Force participation Rate= ∗100
Adult population



Hoofdstuk 3: National Income: where it comes from and where
it goes
Profit=Revenue− Labour Costs−Capital Costs
¿ PY −WL−RK


Marginal Product of Labour (MPL) → the extra amount of output the firm gets from
one extra unit of labour, holding the amount of capital fixed.
MPL=F ( K , L+1 )−F ( K , L )


Diminishing marginal product → holding the amount of capital fixed, the marginal
product of labour decreases as the amount of labour increases.
Δ profit= Δ Revenue− ΔCosts

¿ ( P∗MPL )−W


If the extra revenue (P * MPL) exceeds the wage W, an extra unit of labour increases
profit.
Therefore, the manager continues to take on labour until the next unit is no longer be
profitable - that is, until the MPL falls to the point where the extra revenue equals the
wage. The competitive firm's demand for labour is determined by: P * MPL = W

Marginal Product of Capital (MPK) → the amount of extra output the firms gets from
an extra unit of capital, holding the amount of labour constant:
MPK=F ( K + 1, L )−F ( K , L )
Δ profit= Δ Revenue− ΔCosts

¿ ( P∗MPK ) −R

, Economic profit → the income that remains after the firms have paid factors of
production.
Y =( MPL∗L )+ ( MPK∗K ) + Economic Profit
Euler's theorem which states that if the production function has constant
returns to scale then:
F ( K , L )=( MPK∗K )+( MPL∗L) because nothing is left afterwards

Accounting profit → Economic profit and return to capital are together because firm
owners and capital owners are the same people often.
Accounting Profit=Economic Profit+ ( MPK∗K )


Cobb-Douglas production function → F ( K , L )=A∗K α∗L1−α
Disposable income → the income after the payment of all taxes. This can be spent on
consumption and savings.
Marginal Propensity to Consume (MPC) → the amount by which consumption
changes when disposable income increases by one euro.

Interest rate → measures the cost of the funds used to finance investment. Nominal →
rate that is usually reported, this is what investors pay to borrow money. Real → nominal
interest rate corrected for the effects on inflations.

Private saving → Y - C - T Y=C+I+G
Public saving → T -G I=Y-C-G
S = private + public saving (Y -T - C) C = C (Y -T)
+ (T - G)

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