Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Econ Chapter 4
Economics and Society Chapter 4
19
Economics
Undergraduate 1
02/10/2014

Additional Economics Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
GDP
Definition
the market value of the final goods and services produced withing a country in a given time period
Term
market value
Definition
the prices at which items are traded in markets
Term
final goods and services
Definition
an item that is bought by its final user during a specified time period
Term
in a given time period
Definition
normally either a quarter of a year - called the quarterly GDP data - or a year - called the annual GDP data
Term
intermediate good
Definition
an item that is produced by one firm, bought by another firm, and used as a component of a final good or service
Term
increasing productivity
Definition
Rising incomes and a rising value of production go together. They are two aspects of the same phenomenon: _____ _____.
Term
consumption expenditure
Definition
the total payment for the goods and services households buy from firms.
Term
investment
Definition
when a firm buys a good from itself (such as a new plant, equipment, or buildings)
Term
expenditure approach
Definition
The _____ _____ measures GDP as the sum of consumption expenditure, investment, government expenditures on goods and services.
Term
income approach
Definition
The _____ _____ measures GDP by summing the incomes that firms pay households for the factors of production they hire - wages for labor, interest for capital, rent for land, and profit for entrepreneurship.
Term
Real GDP
Definition
the value of goods and services produced in a given year when valued at the prices of a reference base year.
Term
Nominal GDP
Definition
the value of final goods and services produced in a given year valued at the prices of that year.
Term
Real GDP per person
Definition
real GDP divided byy the population
Term
Potential GDP
Definition
the value of all factors of production when all ability is fully employed
Term
Lucas Wedge
Definition
the dollar value of the accumulated gap between what real GDP per person would have been if the 1960's growth rate had persisted and what real GDP per person turned out to be
Term
Business Cycle
Definition
a periodic but irregular up-and-down movement of a total production and other measures of economic activity
Term
Expansion
Definition
a period during which real GDP increases
Term
Recession
Definition
a period during which real GDP decreases - its growth rate is negative - for at least two successive quarters.
Term
Not a part of nominal GDP
Definition
household production, underground economic activity, health and life expectancy, leisure time, environmental quality, political freedom and social justice.
Supporting users have an ad free experience!