商品市场(good market)

GDP目标:衡量福利水平

  • 提高GDP不一定提高福利水
  • 比较极端的例子:犯罪活动可以增加GDP,但不利于福利

the composition of GDP

consumption(C): goods and services purchased by consumers

investment(I): fixed investment, purchases of capital goods. the sum of nonreisdential investment and residential investment

government spending(G): the purchases of goods and services by the fedaral, state, and local governments. not include government transfers, nor interest payments on the goverment debt

imports(IM): the purchases of foreigh goods and services by consumers, business firms, and the U.S. goverment

exports(X): the purchases of U.S. goods and services by foreighers

net exports(X - IM): the difference between exports and imports, trade balance

  • exports = imports <-> trade balance
  • exports > imports <-> trade surplus
  • exports < imports <-> trade deficit

inventory investment: the difference between production and sales(购买未来用于生产其他物品的物品:资本设备、建筑物和存货)

The Demand for Goods

  • total demand for goods: $ Z \equiv C + I + G + X - IM $

    • 假设所有公司生产相同goods,能被消费者消费,被公司、政府投资
    • 假设公司都愿意在一个给定的价格P供应任意数额的goods
    • 假设经济体不是开放的,不和外界交易,进出口都为零 X = IM = 0,则:
      $$Z \equiv C + I + G$$

consumption(C)

  • disposable income(可支配收入,即税后收入) $Y_D$

  • cunsumption function(a behavioral equation, captures the behavior of consumers): $C = C(Y_D)$

  • $C = c_0 + c_1 Y_D$

  • $c_0$ is the intercept of the cunsumption function(短期内就算无收入也必须支出的部分)

  • $c_1$: the (marginal) propensity of consume(边际消费倾向), or the effect of an additional dollar of disposable income on consumption; 与消费者信心指数(consumer confidance index)相关, 即消费者预期经济增长趋势的信心越高则边际消费倾向越大

边际消费倾向实际上是递减的

  • $Y_D \equiv Y - T$ (T是政府税收等)

  • $ C = c_0 + c_1(Y - T) $

consumption_function.png

investment(I)

  • depend on other variables within the model are called endogenous(内生变量).

  • here treated as an exogenous variable(外生变量), taken as given: $I = \overline I$

Government Spending(G)

  • together with taxes, T, describes fiscal policy(财政政策): the choice of taxes and spending by the government

  • assume G is an exogenous variable

We shall assume that G and T are also exogenous for two reasons:

  • Governments do not behave with the same regularity as consumers or firms.
  • Macroeconomists must think about the implications of alternative spending and tax decisions of the government.

The Determination of Equilibrium Output

Assuming that exports and imports are both zero, the demand for goods is the sum of consumption, investment, and government spending: $Z \equiv C + I + G$, then $Z = c_0 + c_1(Y - T) + \overline I + G$

Equilibrium in the goods market requires that production, Y, be equal to the demand for goods, Z: $Y = Z$, then $Y = c_0 + c_1(Y - T) + \overline I + G$

Macroeconomists always use these three tools:

  1. Algebra to make sure that the logic is correct
  2. Graphs to build the intuition
  3. Words to explain the results

using Algebra

  • $(1 - c_1)Y = c_0 + \overline I + G - c_1 T$

  • $Y = \frac{1}{1 - c_1}[c_0 + \overline I + G + c_1 T]$

  • Autonomous Spending : $c_0 + \overline I + G + c_1 T$, the part of the demand for goods that does not depend on output

  • $c_1$比较大时对Y刺激大,鼓励消费(有助于[短期]经济增长)

using a Graph

$$Z = (c_0 + \overline I + G + c_1 T) + c_1 Y$$

equilibriumOutput.png

An increase in autonomous spending($c_0 + \overline I + G - c_1 T$) has a more than onefor-one effect on equilibrium output:

equilibriumOutput_demandIncrease.png

  • 也就是需求增加,供给侧有剩余产能,供给增加达到新的商品市场的均衡

  • 45度角的线横纵坐标相同,代表需求等于供给

  • The first-round increase in demand, shown by the distance AB equals $1 billion.

  • This first-round increase in demand leads to an equal increase in production, or $1 billion, which is also shown by the distance in AB.
  • This first-round increase in production leads to an equal increase in income, shown by the distance in BC, also equal to $1 billion.

using Words

  • An increase in demand leads to an increase in production and a corresponding increase in income. The end result is an increase in output that is larger than the initial shift in demand, by a factor equal to the multiplier.

$Y = \frac{1}{1 - c_1}[c_0 + \overline I + G + c_1 T]$

How Long Does It Take for Output to Adjust?

Describing formally the adjustment of output over time is what economists call the dynamics of adjustment.

  • Suppose that firms make decisions about their production levels at the beginning of each quarter.

  • Now suppose consumers decide to spend more, that they increase $c_0$

  • Having observed an increase in demand, firms are likely to set a higher level of production in the following quarter.

  • In response to an increase in consumer spending, output does not jump to the new equilibrium, but rather increases over time.

Investment Equals Saving: An Alternative Way of Thinking about Goods-Market Equilibrium

Saving is the sum of private plus public saving

  • private saving(私人储蓄, S) is the saving by consumers, $S = Y_D - C$, $S = Y - T - C$

  • public saving equals taxes minus government spending(T - G)

    • T > G : budget surplus
    • T < G : budget deficit(赤字)
  • $Y = C + I + G$,

  • $Y - C - T = I + G - T$,
  • $S = Y - T - C = I + G - T$,
  • $I = S + (T - G)$

  • The equation above states that equilibrium in the goods market requires that investment equals saving — the sum of private plus public saving.

This equilibrium condition for the goods market is called the IS relation. What firms want to invest must be equal to what people and the government want to save.

Consumption and saving decisions are one and the same:
$S = Y - T - C$, $S = Y - T - c_0 - c_1(Y - T) = -c_0 + (1 - c_1)(Y - T)$ (The term (1-c1) is called the propensity to save)

  • 均衡时, $I = S + (T - G) = -c_0 + (1 - c_1)(Y - T) + (T - G)$, 即:
    $$Y = \frac{1}{1 - c_1}[c_0 + I + G - c_1 T]$$

  • 和产出公式相同

节俭悖论:每个人都消费很少,经济体会进入一种恶性循环

The paradox of saving (or the paradox of thrift) is that as people attempt to save more, the result is both a decline in output and unchanged saving.

Is the Government Omnipotent(政府是万能的吗)

  • Changing government spending or taxes is not always easy.
  • The responses of consumption, investment, imports, etc, are hard to assess with much certainty.
  • Anticipations are likely to matter.
  • Achieving a given level of output can come with unpleasant side effects.
  • Budget deficits and public debt may have adverse implications in the long run

经济增长短期靠需求,中期靠供给,长期靠政府质量

短期靠需求

  • 短期通过刺激需求,通过供需关系供给增加,产出增加

  • $Y = c_0 + c_1(Y - T) + \overline I + G$

  • 可以通过使$c_1$增大,促进经济正向循环

中期靠供给

  • 刺激需求拉动经济增长可行的前提是供给侧有剩余产能供给能跟得上需求
  • 因此供给侧需要持续投入,产能能不断提高
  • 关键在于供给侧的生产效率

  • 效率取决于技术

    • 供给侧改革的目标就是促进技术进步

长期靠政府质量

  • 从根本上,技术的上限是人的素质、能力
  • 引入竞争才能充分发掘人的潜力