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Ch 13:Expenditure Multiplier
Unit 5 - Foundations of Macroeconomics
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Economics
Undergraduate 1
01/22/2008

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Term
Aggregate planned expenditure
Definition

Planned consumption expenditure

plus

planned investment

plus

planned government expenditure

plus

planned exports

minus planned imports

Term
Autonomous Expenditure
Definition
The components of aggregate expenditure that do not chang when real GDP changes
Term
Induced Expenditure
Definition
The components of aggregate expenditure that change when real GDP changes
Term
Consumption function
Definition
The relationship between consumption expenditure and disposable income, other things remaining the same
Term
Disposable income
Definition
Aggregate income (GDP) minus net taxes
Term
Saving
Definition
Disposable income not spent on consumption goods and services
Term
Marginal propensity to consume
Definition
The fraction of a change in disposable icome that is spent on consumption - the change in consumption expenditure divided by the change in disposable incomethat brought it about
Term
Marginal propensity to import
Definition
The fraction of an increase in real GDOP that is spent on imports - the change in imports divided by change in real GDP
Term
Equilibrium Expenditure
Definition
The level of aggregate expenditure that occurs when aggregate planned expenditure equals real GDP
Term
Multiplier
Definition
The amount by which a change in any component of autonomous expenditure is magnified or multiplied to determine the change that it generates in equilibrium expenditure and real GDP
Term
Marginal Tax Rate
Definition
The fraction of a change in real GDP that is paid in income taxes - the change in tax payments divided by the change in real GDP
Term
Distinquish between autonomous expenditure and induced expenditure and explain how real GDP influences expenditure plans
Definition
P.187
Term
Explain how real GDP adjusts to achieve equilibrium expenditure
Definition
P.187
Term
Describe and explain the expenditure multiplier
Definition
P.187
Term
Derive the AD curve from equilibrium expenditure
Definition
P.187
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