ECON 311 Chapter Notes - Chapter 23: Einhard
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23 output 4 prices in the short run. Einhard bc apricelevelinfluencesdesiredaggregateexpenditures desirednetexports changesinconsumption whatevermoneycanbuydependsonpricelevel muchofprivatesector"stotalwealthis heldinformofassetswfixednominalvaluelegmoney. Apricelevel damountofgoods4servicesmoneycanpurchase drealvalueofmoneyheld byprivatesector dpricelevel arealvalueofmoneyheldbyprivatesector govdacorporatebondsare alsoassetsw fixednominalvalue bondholderlendsmoneytotheissuerofthebond9receivespaymentwhenissuerof whenthebondmatures. Apricelevel repaymenttobondholderislowerinrealvalue declineinwealthfor incinwealthforissuerofbondbctheyrepayedat alowerrealvalue bondholder in dollarterms thebondholder"sreductioninwealthis exactlyoffsetbytheissuers inc in wealth nochangeinaggregatewealth. Apricelevel d realvalueofprivatesector"swealth dautonomousdesiredconsumption downward shiftofaefunction chan texdb. Whenpricelevelisatpo aecurveis aeo andeqgdpisyo inc inpriceleveltop causesaecurvetoshiftdowntoaeiandeggdpisy plotyoagainstpotoyieldtopointontheadcurve plotnewlevelofgdpagainstp toyielde onadcurve repeatforpricelevelpzdaeggdpyztoyielderontheadcurve a changeinpricelevelcausesashiftontheaecurvebutmovement alongtheadcurve. I microdemandcurve situationwhenpriceofoneproduct changeswhilepricesofourotherproducts4 consumer"sdollarincomesareconstant fortheadcurve thedollarvalueofnationalincome is notconstantaspricelevelchanges4we movealongtheadcurve. Aggregatedemandshockanyeventthatcauses ashiftintheadcurve foragivenpricelevel inautonomousaggregateexpenditure aecurveshiftsup adcurveshiftsright fora givenpricelevel inautonomousaggregate expenditure aecurveshiftsdown adcurveshiftsleft in ordertoshifttheadcurve s in autonomous expendituremustbecausedbysomethingotherthan. Sin domesticpricelevel simplemultiplierdatheadcurvei simplemultipliermeasuresthehorizontalshiftintheadcurvein responseto a changeinautonomous desiredexpenditure it pricelevelis constant4 outputisdemanddetermined simplemwill alsoshowthechangein er incomethatoccursinresponseto achangeinautonomous expenditure. Ascurveispositivelyslopedbcfirmswillprovidemoreaggregateoutputonly at ahigherpricelevel1tocoveraunitcosts pricetakingfirmssellhomogenousproducts marketpricesbeyond theirinfluence pricesettingfirmsselldifferentiated products9havesomeability todeterminethepricetheycharge actionsotbothcausepricelevel supplyofoutputtobepositivelycorrelated positiveslopeascurve. Keynesianrangehorizontalportionoftheascurve whenoutputispushedabovenormalcapacityunitcostsrisevrapidlydamanyhighercostproductionmethods mayhavetobeadopted oroutput arunitcosts rnriseinpricenecessarytoinducefirmstoinc output shiftsintheascurve foranygrimlevelofoutput anythingthatchangesfirm"sproductioncostscausesascurvetoshift. Tfactorprices firmsfindcurrentproductionlessprofitable apricelevel ascurveshifts lett4up daggregatesupply itpricesdonotincthenfirmswininproduction doutput eachpricelevelforeconomy asawholecomparedtobeforefactorprias a ascurveshiftsup4left improvementintech d mitcostsforgivenlevelofoutput dprices ascurveshiftsdown4 right aaggregatesupply changesintechnology.