Thursday, March 3, 2016

Aggregate Supply

Aggregate Supply

  • The level of real GDP that firms produce at each price level
    • Long Run - Period where input $ are flexible & adjust to change in PL
      • Real GDP is independent to PL
    • Short Run - Input prices are rigid; they do not adjust 
      • Real GDP related to PL
  • LRAS - Shows full employment (analogous to PPC)
    • Vertical @ full employent

Changes in SRAS

  • An increase is represented as a shift to the right
  • A decrease is represented as a shift to the left.
  • Changes are based on cost of production per unit (Total input cost/total output)
  • Determinants:
    • Input Prices
      • Domestic resources $ [75% on wages, Capital cost, Raw material]
      • Foreign resource $
      • Market Power ... Increase shifts left; Decrease shifts right
    • Productivity - (Total output/total input)
      • More productivity -> Low unit prod. $ -> SRAS shifts right
      • Less productivity -> High unit prod. $ -> SRAS shifts left
    • Legal Institution Environment
      • Taxes & Subsidies 
        • Taxes shift SRAS left
        • Subsidies shift SRAS right
      • Gov. regulation
        • Regulation causes cost of compliance = SRAS <-
        • Deregulation reduces compliance costs = SRAS->
  • FE equilibrium occurs when AD crosses SRAS & LRAS @ same point

  • Recessionary Gap - Occurs when equilibrium is below FE output
  • Inflationary Gap - Equilibrium is above FE output
  • SRAS 
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  • Nominal Wages - Amount of $ received by worker per unit of time
  • Real Wages - Amount of goods/services worker can buy with nominal wages
  • Sticky Wages - Set nominal wages from initial price levels
    • Does not vary because labor contracts etc.

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