ECON 311 Chapter Notes - Chapter 22: Parsec
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22 addinggovernment4 trade to the simple macro model. Governmentpurchats desired governmentpurchases g arepartof aggregatedesiredexpenditure governmenttransferpaymentsindirectlyaffectsaggregatedesired expenditure indirectbcplacesnodirectdemandon nation"s productionof goods services but affectshouseholds 4firmsspending. Nettaxrevenuesi assumelevelofgovernmentpurchases g is autonomous w respecttothelevelofgdp assumeanychangein g as aresultofgov policydecision taxesd household"sdisposableincomerelativetogdp transferpaymentsindisposableincomerelativeto gdp. Nettaxrevenue t totaltaxrevenue totaltransferpayments alwayspositivebc transferpaymentsltottax revenues assumetvariesdirectlyw levelofgdp. Budgetbalance diffbtwntotgovrevenuedatotgovexpenditure nettaxrate t inc innettaxrevenuegeneratedwhengdpinc by 1 nettaxrevenue govpurchases t g budgetsurplus t g excessofcurrentrevenueovercurrentexpenditure budgetdeficitltcg shortfallofcurrentrevenuebelowcurrentexpenditure provincialdmunicipalgovernments federalgov raisesaroundthesameamountoftaxrevenueas theprovincial4municipalgas combined whenmeasuringoverall contributionofgovtodesirea aggregateexpenditure alllevelsofgov mustbeincluded government federaltmunicipal1provincial1 territorialgov. Netexports exportsdependonspendingdecisionsbyforeignhouseholds firms typicallyexportsareautonomous4donotchange w changes in canadiannationalincome importsareinducedbctheydependonthespendingdecisionsof canadian households firms. Im my marginalpropensitytoimportcm amountthatdesiredimportsincwhengddinc by 1 netexports nx x im x my exportsare autonomous urrespecttoy importsarepositivelyrelatedy toy r netexportsare negativelyrelatedto y shiftsinthenetexportfunctimi foranygivennetexportfunctionassumeeverything affectingnetexportscexceptdomestic. 1 a run tix anythingaffectingcanadianexportsshiftsnxtuneparallel anythingaffectingproportionofincomethat canadianswantto spendonimportschangestheslopeofthenx function changesinforeignincome. Aforeignincome aquantityofdemandofcanadiangoods byforeigncountries r canadianexports xcurveshifts up nxfunctionshiftsupparallely changesininternationalrelativeprices causesbothexports importstochange. C it mi il t 4 c autonomousconsumption mpc mpcoutofdisposableincome yd consumption intermsofyb consumption intermsof y.