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>
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Map
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Econ > Scarcity > choices <cost
competition > discrimination
goods - ↓ X
X
cost
money non-money
free goods ↓
short run
interest MY
↓
law of
diminishing return
supply
productivity
↑ X long
↑
labour
x
public run a
of entrepreneurship > private -
Econodisecon scale
Factor production - land
>
-
↓
capital
F #
collusion
Integration or
Natural
monopoly
of monopoly power Gov
Monopoly
sources ·
monopoly
sole ownership franchise
tech
copyrights
essential resource
#
ratio
Wut :
type quantities
, ,
↓
3
problems -pation
lland
methods
* All Mainly tackled'
Capital labours
↑ Planned/command
· ,
Traditional :
(gov ↓ actorshouseholds I
↑ Most pri owned
privatepartnera
resources >
public
-
price
↓ Tpub IFirmodd
·
. lim Revenue
production
Enterprise
cost
PPR(LQ)
Total his
=
working
Population size
per man-hr)
lunit
labour supply - :
↓ X labour supply
labour
labour
-
productivity
↑ incentive work/eduction /tech
- T
to
W
FoP
Mobility
↑
-
Geographical
Occupational
Econ Note (a)
①Free ④
goods vs Econ
goods Opportunity cost
forgone
S
Pr highest-valued option
D
Q& &S Q,
D
·
oc =
$+ 0 + / +
OF
1 . Yes/No
* OC0 : Ovalue of HVOF0, & cost of chosen option (
.
2 Definition (More of it ↑: ① cost of HVOFC Ovalue of chosen
is /isn't preferred option
:
3. It is /isn't
produced from scarce resources Type A Value
<04/1 *
②
2 .
OC =, is HUOF
tre/normative statement :
. value
3 of chosen
option ↑//: OC + // *
F :
1 .
Yes/No Type B : "Time / full cost
(+ re) c-ve)
2 OC=full cost =
chosen option's money cost + cost
.
non-money
3. Their alternative of time be diff eg
use
may ...
③
,
Private property
rights $/0/94/
4
. : full cost ↑// &
exclusive
right to use
⑦ O
#15 skill %
exclusive right to receive
*
income
ccupational/geographical mobility
<nexclusive :
right to transfer 1 .
T / + In
A
state the skill is (not) & (not) transferable to other
1
.
rights 2
.
specific -easily jobs
2
. explain transport cost network , ,
econ condition , political , social factor 4/ ↓
. State
3 * (4(X)
4 .
which
right /+ O
& Law of demand > Relative price
vs
private good 2 . Relative price of in terms of I decrease
1 Yes/No 3 E
.
One's
. Consumers will consume
relatively more
(C)
PConsumer
producer goods
:
self-consumption/help production .
⑨ Externality * Q. A1 ( "E no · -
:1 of the
.
Reason
problem . The value of is the external cost as A doesn't compensate B. .
There is a
2 .
(ve/ + ve) externality results
inefficiency as at the market equilibrium marginal ,
social cost is
(15) it)
deadweight loss
exists. =
(-ve) ( + ve)
3. Due to
imposition of tax
subsidy marginal private ,
cost ↑14. · (Q) N/4 towards the
FEE how :
involve
externality Q Fin
MPC
#subsidy
In terms of
externality result efficiency
,
= O +
efficient level .
Elasticity
1 .
S/DO , PAQ
is elastic inelastic
2 .
Demand/supply
3 .% 04 < / >% Q
4 . TRY/ ↓
Type of Production
Issuing shares bonds
Primary :
use resources
provided by nature v no interest burden x obligation of interest burden
F
turn semi-finished finished
Secondary : raw material into or
products
. ~
repayment obligation have
repayment obligation
no X
Tertiary :
provide services X easier to be taken over no risk of being taken over
the firm
"control
over
cons
work becomes
boring if
company is closed
Factor of production
Labour :
human effort provided by a worker used -
-
Capital :
man-made resources used
A
land :
natural resources used
workers' * commission
saving cost for ~ save cost of to maintain of staff
measuring supervising workers :
a team
VT
output as workers output aren't standardized workers' incentive to work
Conglomerate :
diff lines of production
Market structure
Perfect competition Oligopoly Monopoly Monopolistic
price taker searcher searcher searcher
Natural
monopoly start-up capital requirement
: is
very big so a
huge output is
required to
enjoy economies of scale
the entire
and
satisfy market demand.
of when
Variable cost/factor cost/factor :
production that change output changes .
eg
. electricity charges
& MP y law of
diminishing marginal returns ****!! ( + labourt-to-units mpt-to-units (
~
,
LRTmpet I
Act scale of production ↑
G
·
Firm
may
too
large in scale so the
managerial efficiency
Why ACt ?: (Economies of scale) Internal The market saturated cost
econ so
marking
bulk
purchase of raw materials in production with discount
output 234567
-
MC 2325772931
ANS : It is 4 units as at the 4th unit
,
MC =
MR.
Case :
If find new profit when McG* 4
=
TR-ic -
↓$($4) X unit
= 6x25 -
(144 -
6x4) = $30
Function of price
Allocative It direct to the
production of good with
higher price *** 4
:
resources a .
& Income
Equality inequality
equalize income. The benefit while the rich can't.
poor can
get
·
& future
equalize opportunity . Providing the
poor
with opportunities to
improve productivity income
Reasons of
inequality
·
: 1 Yes/No
*
H1$* $ (subsidy)
. <
corresponding
.
2 There is the good service produced by local capital gain > increase in capital doesn't involve production .
resident unit (YXX) official GDP
producing in the current
year
.
illegal transactions no record in
h e
corresponding production) destroyed
is
reproduction
no current product It isn't sold to the market & so not count in .
Calculation of GDP
value -
add expenditure
input deducted at of production only the
expenditure of final goods & service are included.
-
every stage
-
costs are
* all
stage
-
EI
stage ,
"
: ind . tax*DA
subsidy
a final-start ,
It tax He subsidy
X-M :
imports has been included in C ,
I . G, X .
M isn't our production. : will overestimate total production .
eg illegal goods
transactions
reported
>
.
Contribution to GDP
() The sale:
included the in the
pervious year. They aren't current production.
revenue
inventory
The factory used the
imported raw materials .
()) k : production of workers ,
↓ income ,
↓
*
Typhoon :
some production activities still undergo
. (supermarket
eg
emergency
services (
+: middlemen services +
operty price
>
: C & It incomet
in
production ,
GNI =
GDP + net factor income from abroad
A
imported workers ↑+ will
unemployment rate
GNI> depends on labour
productivity of the imported workers
pED
Real GDP Nominal GDPX index at current
100
price
=
deflating PY to
get Y
& inflation
Gain lose in inflation
Anticipated : both Co Dr won't
gain or lose.
No
A will lose gain as the fixed amount of received paid has at
↓ effect when there is
expected -
inflation as
purchasing
of unchange
one
te
power than expected (in
Payment
purchasing
remain
terms of in del power
>
-
#
&
.
2
price level ↓ ,
domestic exports become relatively cheaper & imports become
relatively more expensive volume of exports ↑ import
, ,
net exports ↑
demanded ↑.
Aggregate output
Chousehold)
inflationary/deflationary gap
income taxt disposable incomet CG AD
, , ,
with the
economy facing inflationary/deflationary
is
gap
. The excess
demand/supply of inputs would lead to
·
on , , , ,
to if and the
Depreciation of domestic Net export demand t ADT
aggregate output inflationary/deflationarygap
·
. ,
business project ,
It ADL
,
is closed.
·
income redistribution C4 ADM ,
,
Y SRAS
upward sloping
price level t adjustment of input prices
,
is imperfect ,
real cost of production t firm employ
, factor inputs , output +
SRAS LRAS
supply shocks -
labour productivity
sale tax
-
-
productive capacity
-firm
expectation
Macro 6-7 :
Principle of taxation
certainty >
-
Types of tax ·
average
-
regressive
·
same as
pay .
direct >
-
Source principle
derived from
>
only income
Hong Kong are liable to tax
-
salaries >
employment > income
profits
>
business >
profit tax revenue
>
properties
>
-Direct of which to
tax is
mainly composed profits salaries tax are proportional or
progressive incomes.
Aging
4
. tax
population revenue
Get
elderly may
hu t income & I need of medical services.
which ↓ G revenue
working-age population are
majority of
taxpayers .
Fiscal
Policy (in AD
Expansionary (deflationary Contractionary (inflationary)
on income distribution
Case
of
P
V
inter
more even distribution income
case 2 :
case 3 :
↑ standard ↓ Gini
tax rate ~
post-tax coefficient
tax.
pay
on AD (special case
* AD :ETA policyBAD I
: C It 4 :7 I
,
It whichI
Against public exp eg infrastructure high administrative .
cost
:
·
a
longer time.
- - - -
↓ DI
pro ↓ C ADLP relieves
inflationary
:
,
press
ADt it may
deflationary
con : result in .
gap
↑ disincentive the welfare ↓ deficits .
to work ,
more
people quit job ,
rely on
programs , budget
Budget G
Economy
* ADV (
CADT
surplus R > E
expansionary/neutral / contractionary
Deficits RE expansionary
Balanced R E
expansionary
=
Macro 8 9 -
Money
Definition :
is
anything that is
generally accepted as a medium of
exchange
.
Functions :
up
-
T
unit
standard of deferred future payment in terms of -
payment expressed
>
is money
-
Properties :
easy
have
&
Homogeneous
>
uniform
phy characteristics
-
I
Portable > around * diamond/pearls not portable !
easy to
carry
-
Divisible >
divided into diff denominations without decrease in total value
causing
-
a
Generally acceptable
& monitor
To
supervise the
monetary sector
·
To act as the leader of last resort
To
carry out monetary policyE
M2 : Mi + Sc Tc + NCD-
+
(saving ,
Time ,
negotiable certificates
by LB)
Ms :
M2 + Trib + NCDrlb + Tata + NCD At
Process
Case 1 :
(deposit/lend excess reserve) Case
* 2
Step :
O
As the the O Q 28 P
initial cash deposit accepted by amount deposited .
+ + +
reserves increase
+
,
goes on
③
-
②
There The the The loan lent out will &
is excess reserve .
backing system will lend out excess reserves . on unit the actual reserve =
-
④
process go on d
of the
re-deposited to the
banking system. This on unit the whole amount required
-
reserve e.
Banks need to call back loans . There are further withdrawals of bank deposits to repay insufficient reserve . O + 0 +
Assumptions :
why
i deposits
=
max .
↑ = Cr .
creation
2
. There is no cash leakage
If
country is
politically unstable , exchange of local
currency + ,
purchasing power in terms of foreign goods
+)-re .
Money isn't
of
Income-earning asset : Return
Holding Money (high inflation.
↑
-
pro
:
purchasing power ↑ in times of inflation Actual real = Nominal -
Actual inflation
con :
Liquidity + nominal rate of return of holding money
=
P + Met ·
Wealth ↑MaY income-earning asset like bonds.
YT M + + ·
payment tech ↑M ++
-
Monetary policy
R ↓ MsT
time interval +
Expansionary
:
·
M+ +
CRAS SRAS
Nominal
Maz
interest rate
Ma ,
mini .
reserve ratio ↓
Mt
* ↓ nominal interest rate MaX discount rate ↓ T
Te
un
↓
Ma
just movement
along Open market :
purchase bonds Ap ,B
y
>
-
Ma
MsTR+C I PADY
↑ deflationary gap
,
Quantity >
-
of
L
money
MS
Contractionary :
R4Ms ↓
M&T rT
MsTr ↓ Ms = Mo
100 %
:
required reserve ratio as
Ms Mo
reserve
Monetary base Mo =
<p + RE to create loans ,
which
eventually will be deposited back into the banks
as deposits resulting
, in a multiple + in deposits.
Quantify Theory of
money
MV = PYWhere Minominal
money supply
v
of circulation of
velocity
:
money
P :
Price level
Y :
real GDP
V is held constant
* % T ↓
Macro Ch12-13
Absolute Advantage (E)
1 draw
.
graph
of B than A...
.
2 With the same amount resources , produce more ...
comparative advantage
*
output 'E , input -
& -
"'or' El
and eg : X Y
trade
60
no 40
F
aft specialization O 110
? X- = To T
traded
sox-soi
50 go
*
Free trade ( small
economy
1 .
Tariff .
2 Quota
P($) P($)
1
S (domestic A
supply S (Domestic supply
L
.
51 +
Qq
# : tariff revenue
Pt=
Pw + t
Supply with tariff Pq
Pw 1/11/11 It SF
(supply with ( SF
free trade
Pu
-
Quota
(SupplywitThe
Q
D
> Q Q
Q2 Q4 Q , Q, Q2
*
*
The effectiveness The effect of
depends on
elasticity quota on
restricting imports
of demand . If D inelastic tariff will affects
is
,
is more certain as it directly
ineffective as ↑P lead smaller ↓ in
Qimport. the volume of imports .
Macro 14
Exchange rate
. HKDT USDA
eg
A k MS
exports
:
When HKD price
appreciate against the USD ,
in
↑ ↓? X ↓ ↓
elasticity Revenue Th
...
-
.
reve import Q
or
~
@ in Use D revenue ...
0 in non-reserve
O current account
*
Component Eg Ms Remarks
.
(visible trade ** Qu balance
-goods Export/inport goods For all ,
and x
[
from /paid
-primary income
DE wages profits , ,
interests ...
abroad +It
Component Eg Remarks
.
Capital transfer debt forgiveness ,
donation (A)
, , ,
*
+**7
change in reserve assets =
Bop
-
1 . X < / < My
surplus/deficit ( *** +
1) visible trade surplus ,
how current account deficit ?
2 .
↑ in X / tin M > 41 t* % -
when the balance of other items (E) in current account
GBEER !!!
.?? 4 in X ↑
altogether has deficit & the visible trade
3 > / ?? in Ma a the deficit >
surplus.
Elective
Graph
Graph 1 (St .
line) 2 (curve
umption
production pt
iT' :
terms of trade
58
PPF
1 .
of When
The cost
producing an extra production is
subject to increasing
of of Y slope of PPF increase
unit X in terms forgone is
marginal cost ,
.
2
production pt :
A the domestic of
pt where
marginal cost is
equal to terms trade.
*
Pt out of PPF Country isn't its production
maximizing
=
& Y
It can consume
beyond it PPF ·
It can consume more of X after trade .
Double
productivity :
OC of of both & Y
production X remain
unchanged.
Increase labour force :
& of
-Increase
pollution developed exhaustion natural resources in less countries .
* Human
Development Index (HDI) &
: measure economic
growth development
health life
:
expectancy at birth
education :
expected yrs
of
schooling
standard GNI secon
living growth
:
Gov'
policy ↑ HDI :
↑ for of experts to I
quota immigration productivity .
more
Income import .
distribution become more uneven as workers in substitute
industry suffer
unemployment
-