S1049-0078(12)00070-X doi:10.1016/j.asieco.2012.07.003 ASIECO 865 ASIECO 1-3-2011 23-7-2012 24-7-2012 Please cite this article as: Tang‚ H. C.‚ Liu‚ P.‚ & Cheung‚ E. C.‚ Changing Impact of Fiscal Policy on Selected ASEAN Countries‚ Journal of Asian Economics (2010)‚ doi:10.1016/j.asieco.2012.07.003 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting
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Consumer expenditure Mini Case John Hawksworth “Opinion: Economic Trends - Saved by the consumer?”‚ Accountancy‚ London‚ Mar 2002 (with minor editing) How long can the UK economy buck the global trend just because our consumers keep spending money? Have we avoided the recession that has gripped the US‚ Japan and Germany over the past six to 12 months or are we just postponing the day of reckoning? And are we storing up worse problems for the future as a result of rising household debt levels
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Perfect competition A perfectly competitive market is a hypothetical market where competition is at its greatest possible level. Neo-classical economists argued that perfect competition would produce the best possible outcomes for consumers‚ and society. Ex:- Wheat‚ rice Key characteristics Perfectly competitive markets exhibit the following characteristics: 1. There is perfect knowledge‚ with no information failure or time lags. Knowledge is freely available to all participants‚ which means
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Discussion Questions......Are you a Keynes or Hayek Economist? Questions for Video 1 1. Who do the bartenders "Ben" and "Tim" represent in the video? Why are they pouring liquor? What does the liquor represent? (Hint: Animal Spirits) Bartenders "Ben" and "Tim" represent appointed government officials in the video. Ben represents Ben Bernanke‚ Chairman of the Federal Reserve‚ and Tim represents Tim Geithner‚ President of the Federal Reserve Bank. The liquor represents the monetary dollar that
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2. Why isn’t money consider a capital in economics? Capital is a physical asset‚ which can be used to produce goods and services. Money is related to capital‚ in that it can be used to purchase capital‚ but it is not itself capital. The distinction is important if you consider that money can be created or destroyed through the expansion or contraction of credit‚ but this does not create or destroy any real capital. Money is capital. Money is the most common form of capital. Raising capital money
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Assume a consumption function that takes on the following algebraic form: C = $100 + .8Y. Assume that Y = $1000 what is the level of consumption at this income level. C = $100 + .8($1000) = $100 + $800 = $900. 1. Using the above figure calculate the marginal propensity to consume between the aggregate income levels of $80 and $100. Also explain why this consumption function is linear. The marginal propensity to consume is equal to $15/$20 = .75. The consumption
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MC equals MR‚ the profit is maximized. From the above table‚ when output level is 140 minutes‚ marginal revenue equals marginal cost ($10000=$10000)‚ so the profit-maximizing level of output is 140 minutes. (d) When the industry exists positive economic profit‚ it will attract new firms to enter into the industry. However‚ no more licenses will be offered by government‚ so no any new firm entering the industry. (e)(i) Collusion is a formal or tacit agreement to limit competition by setting output
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The Guardian 08/05/13 11:18 Printing sponsored by: Paul Krugman’s call to arms against austerity An interview with the Nobel prize-winning economist‚ whose book roundly attacks the ’delusional’ deficit-reduction strategy Phillip Inman‚ economics correspondent The Guardian‚ Monday 6 May 2013 14.16 BST US Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman. Photograph: Then Chih Wey/Xinhua Press/Corbis Paul Krugman has just passed the landmark 1 million followers on Twitter. Not bad for an academic
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Interest and Money” (1936) developed a model of income determination • Known as Keynesian Theory of Income Determination • Aggregate spending / demand determines the level of aggregate output Concepts and Functions Actual vs. Planned Expenditure • Actual expenditures are expenditures actually incurred by the economic entities in the economy • Planned expenditures are expenditures intended to undertake by the economic entities • Macroeconomic equilibrium (as proposed by Keynes) occurs when the
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and competitive for its anxious and jealous European neighbours. We can see here the link between economics and politics/wars issues. Furthermore‚ Daniel Cohen comes back on the great economic crisis of 1929‚ and explains how an economic crisis will turn in a social one‚ which will lead to change the facet of the economy with the rise of Keynesian theories. Europe will be summarised by its economic fluctuations‚ influencing and being influenced by politics‚ sociology and philosophy. People get obsessed
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