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Chapter 21
Economic Growth
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Economics
Undergraduate 3
05/03/2010

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Term
Determinants of long run growth
Definition
Real GDP Per Capita
Capital per hour worked
Technological Change
Term
Potential GDP
Definition
level of GDP attained when all firms are producing at capacity (full employment)
Term
savings must be equal to investment in the long run
Definition

I = S

Y-C-G = Sprivate + Spublic

Y-C-G = (Y +TR- C- T) + (T-G-TR)

Y-C-G = Y-C-G

S=I

 

Term
Loanable Funds Market
Definition
is the interaction of borrowers and lenders that determines the market interest rate and the quantity of loanable funds exchanged
Term
Demand of loanable funds
Definition
determined by the willingness of firms to borrow money to engage in new investment projects. Firms compare the returns they expect to make on investment
Term
supply of loanable funds
Definition
determined by the willingness of households to save and by the extent of government savings or dissaving.
Term
3 points to Supply
Definition
WHEN HOUSE holds save, they redue the amount of good and services they can consume and enjoy today.

Higher the interest rate, the greater/more likely HH are going to save. This supply curve is upward sloping becaue the higher the interest rate, the greater the quantity of saving supplied.
Term
What does equilibrium determine in the LFM
Loanable Funds Market
Definition
determines the real interest rate rather than the nominal interest rate.
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