This document contains information about various microeconomics topics including:
1) Income and demand for normal versus inferior goods, how preferences and tastes can impact demand.
2) How the prices of substitute and complementary goods impact demand.
3) Factors that impact supply including input prices, taxes, subsidies, and supply shocks.
4) How the price mechanism can reallocate resources in response to changes in supply and demand.
5) The concept of price elasticity of demand and how demand can be more or less elastic based on available substitutes.
This document contains information about various microeconomics topics including:
1) Income and demand for normal versus inferior goods, how preferences and tastes can impact demand.
2) How the prices of substitute and complementary goods impact demand.
3) Factors that impact supply including input prices, taxes, subsidies, and supply shocks.
4) How the price mechanism can reallocate resources in response to changes in supply and demand.
5) The concept of price elasticity of demand and how demand can be more or less elastic based on available substitutes.
This document contains information about various microeconomics topics including:
1) Income and demand for normal versus inferior goods, how preferences and tastes can impact demand.
2) How the prices of substitute and complementary goods impact demand.
3) Factors that impact supply including input prices, taxes, subsidies, and supply shocks.
4) How the price mechanism can reallocate resources in response to changes in supply and demand.
5) The concept of price elasticity of demand and how demand can be more or less elastic based on available substitutes.
This document contains information about various microeconomics topics including:
1) Income and demand for normal versus inferior goods, how preferences and tastes can impact demand.
2) How the prices of substitute and complementary goods impact demand.
3) Factors that impact supply including input prices, taxes, subsidies, and supply shocks.
4) How the price mechanism can reallocate resources in response to changes in supply and demand.
5) The concept of price elasticity of demand and how demand can be more or less elastic based on available substitutes.
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f Chapters Topic Year Country Policy/Event Explanation
Micro 2.2. Income in the case of normal goods Any Place
Mostly A recession or some sort of economic crisis Micro 2.2. Income in the case of inferior goods Anytime developed forceshighlighted BBC lower income and so people the problem would of plastic polution, country consume more inferior Quantity supplied decreased, price of single-use plastics Micro 2.2. Preferences and Tastes 2017 UK which increased public goods awareness to reduce decreased as the demand decreased. Micro 2.2. Prices of Substitute Goods N/A N/A the demand for single-use plastics Marriott hotel and Emirates airline: Earn bonus Points used to purchase flights and hotel stays, lowering the Micro 2.2. Prices of Complentary Goods N/A N/A points if premium Marriott member fly emirates price → increase quantity demanded vice versa Petrol price is hiked by Rs 1.67 per litre while Micro 2.2. Prices of Complentary Goods N/A N/A diesel price is increased by Rs 7.10 per litre in m Covid-19 increase Delhi. Demand demand of private of mask cars HK → decrease Micro 2.2. The No. of Consumers 2020 Hong Kong Price increase Micro 2.2. Demand increase by advertisment 1960 N/A Micro 2.3. Vertical supply N/A N/A Tickets for movies etc 2020 Apple allocate electronic parts more to - Two or more goods compete use of same resources Micro 2.3. Price of competitive supply 2020 N/A iPhones thanofiPad Introduction machines lowers cost of - Switch because more supply and Micro 2.3. Technology 1930s US - Tax imposed on the spending of goods and services to production Micro 2.3. Taxes 2019 Canada discourage burning of coal discourage consumption Micro 2.3. Taxes 2019 Qatar 100% alcohol tax discourage alcohol consumption -(shown increase COP above) Micro 2.3. Joint supply milk and butter butter is a by-product of milk Micro 2.3. Subsidies 2020 Australia funding renewable energy agencies HK gov subsidise non-government primary and secondary school. Micro 2.3. Subsidies 1991 Hong Kong Direct Subsidy Scheme To enhance the quality of private education Louisiana oil spill to deepwater → seafood supply Micro 2.3 and 2.4 Supply Shock 2010 Louisiana decrease Micro 2.5. price mechanism reallocates resource N/A N/A automaker SGMW switching its production Micro 2.5. Signalling and incentive N/A N/A lines from automobiles to surgical masks after Micro 3.1. Inelastic PED of primary neccesities N/A N/A the surge raw in mask materials prices. and food (agricultural goods). Micro 3.1. Elastic PED N/A N/A Luxuries such as diamond rings Uber doubles price when public holiday to maximise Micro 3.1. price elasticity on decision making N/A N/A revenue, cause transportation full → more inelastic PEODM measures the responsivness of decision making to a price elasticity on decision making (from Micro 3.1 government tax) 2019 Canada discourage burning of coal price elasticity on decision making (from change in price Micro 3.1 government tax) 2019 Qatar 100% alcohol tax discourage alcohol consumption Micro 3.1 Substitute: within same company N/A N/A Sprite vs Coke Micro 3.1 Substitute: rival company Coca Cola vs Pepsi AT&T and BellSouth were highly competitive substitutes Micro 3.1 Substitute and merge 2005 US Marriott hotel and (5.87) → Merge Emirates airline: Earn bonus in 2006 Points used to purchase flights and hotel stays, lowering the Micro 3.1 Complement and collaboration N/A N/A points if premium Marriott member fly emirates price ceiling on rental housing 60% lower Pm in price → increase quantity demanded Micro 4.1. Price Ceiling (Housing) 2008 New York vice versa Increase political popularity of the government to low-incomers New stapleYork (limit food, keyamount for landlords ingredient to charge for commonly rent) eaten Allows good become more affordable to consumers (particular Micro 4.1. Price Ceiling (Agricultural Product) 2018 Kenya Price floor on maize vegetables dishes. Make flour in Kerala. more Supportable affordable, - Often support income to producers selling agriculture since to low-incomers) Micro 4.1. Price Floor (Agricultural Product) 2020 Kerala (India) and provide relief for farmers.(20% above the unstable revenue Micro 4.3. Government indirect taxes 2019 Canada normal price) discourage burning of coal - Increase price receive + output sold (increase total Micro 4.3. Government indirect taxes 2019 Qatar 100% alcohol tax discourage alcohol consumption Micro 4.3. Tax ad valorem 2017 India Introduction of GST on various goods Direct Subsidy Scheme: HK gov subsidise non- producers / consumers on the third party. Micro 4.4. Government subsidy 1991 Hong Kong government primary and secondary school. - Subsidy has the effect of increasing the quantity of a good Micro 4.4. Government subsidy 2020 Australia funding renewable energy agencies (143m) (same Subsidyashas above) effect of lowering price of good, usually US rice market subsidy since 1998. Improve Micro 4.4. Subsidy (Agricultural Product) 1998 US necessities. Make goods more affordable to especially low- national welfare + health Micro 5.1. Common pool access resources income consumers Beijing Olympic 2008 factories only produce Regulations enforce laws (consequences if not comply) Micro 5.3. Negative externalities of production 2008 Beijing within specific times → reduce pollution by especially effective Permit is harder to reduce to desing as itpollution needs to levels set at the right level Micro 5.3. Negative externalities of production 2019 EU 30% Cap and trade EU 2019 steel companies and requires fair distribution among all users in interest Micro 4.3. Government indirect taxes 2019 Canada discourage burning of coal Cannot target a particular carbon reduction Tradable permit scheme curb particulate Micro 5.3. Negative externalities of production 2019 Surat Tax: Uncertain outcomes of carbon reduction pollution Advertisements only provide incentive, hence it is uncertain Micro 5.4. Negative externalities of consumption 2012 Australia Tobacco plain packaging Australia - tradable permits: Has a limited "cap" for emissions - Attach whether monetary value consumption levelstowould consumption really decrease Micro 5.4. Negative externalities of consumption 2019 Qatar 100% alcohol tax discourage alcohol consumption - May not significantly decrease demand since inelastic due Hawaii 2015 age limit purchase cigarette from 18 to to addiction. High indirect tax must be imposed in order to be Micro Negative externalities of consumption 2015 Hawaii 21 Legislations Subsidy has can beofimplemented effect more lowering price easilyusually of good, US rice market subsidy since 1998. Improve Micro 6.1. Positive externalities of production 1998 US necessities. Make goods more affordable to especially low- national welfare + health Micro 6.2. Positive externalities of consumption N/A Hong Kong Compulsory 12 years education income consumers Regulations enforce laws (consequences if not comply) Micro Chapter 5 aCommon access resources Micro Chapter 5 aLegistraion for common access Montreal Protocol 2009 all member states of International cooperation required for effective responses to Micro Chapter 5 aInternational cooperation 2009 Montreal the United Nations agreed to remove oxygen the threat posed, therefore government response to threats to Micro 7.2. Profit maximisation by the rational producer depleting substances sustainability is limited Micro 7.3. Perfect competition 2020 Country X Fish market in country X alternative service that is similar to it. This means that the Micro 7.4. Monopoly 2020 USA Facebook revenue maker (data from users) is more valuable, and thus Micro 7.4 Natural Monopoly 2020 State X Water company in state X Facebook makes a lot of money from the profit of consumers, Micro 7.5. Monopolistic competition 2020 Country X Sushi restaurants in a region of Country X Gabon, Iran, - Other producers of oil match their prices (which are usually Micro 7.6. Collusive Oligopoly In general Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries -higher Their than prices of their new phones Iraq, Kuwait, Android smartphone companies compete with they should be), whichare limited causes by their in petroleum Micro 7.6. Non-Collusive Oligopoly 2021 USA competition with each other. Gov Intervention in Response to Abuse of each other in an oligopoly. Micro 7.7. 2022 EU Fine to Intel for anticompetitive behaviour - The only determinant of profit is how cheap their can produce Market Power - AT&T broke into 8 smaller companies. AT&T was broken up by the Federal Trade Micro 7.7. AT&T Breakup 1984 USA -1.These Output8 increases companiespurchasing competed poweragainstincreases each other in regards Commission GDP 3rd cause for 30% anti competitive behaviour. personal tax, low Macro 8.2 and 8.1 GDP increase, living standard increase 2017 Switzerland to 2. the Bellincrease Income System of taxtelecommunications. increases, better services from unemployment -> 1st living standards 1. Output increases purchasing power increases GNI 3rd cause 30% personal tax, low government 8.2 and 8.1 GNI increase, living standard increase 2017 Switzerland 2. Income GDP does increase not measuretax increases, better of the "true" value services output:from Do unemployment -> 1st living standards Macro 8.2 and 8.1 GDP understate living standard 2017 Greece Illegal transactions should account Greece 20% GDP government not include output sold in parallel markets RWE: 2018 US military instead saving thousand of GDP calculate alltransactions - Unrecorded without distinctions for merit good / social Macro 8.3. Composition of output 2018 US lives services Income may be concentration in a small percentage of Macro 8.3. Distribution of income and output 2020 South Africa 37th GNI but 0.6 Gini Coefficient Ex. $1 US 3 pieces of gum in Switzerland vs 60 population, while large portion of population can't satisfy basic Macro 8.3. Cannot compare between countries N/A More than one Different > Injection domestic < Leakage price levels pieces in Indonesia) Entry of money > < Withdrawal (More Less Goods + Services purchased) Firms Increase Decrease production, unemployment Macro 8.4. Leakage 2020 Switzerland 30% personal tax decreases increases Household income Increases decreases Size of circular flow increases decreases Increase imports, Tax, Savings (Leakage) Increase 25% saving US household 2020 low government expenditure (Injection) + less savings Macro 8.4. Leakage 2020 US (shown above) confidence China exportto↑, pandemic since ↑ demand of medical Macro 8.4. Injection 2020 GREAT China (shown above) Determinants of AD with changes in equip. RWE: US great depression because of tax Macro 9 consumption DEPRESSIO US Changes in personal income tax Determinantsspending of AD with changes in N 60%, AD decrease - How optimistic firms are of future sales and economic Macro 9 2010 Germany business confidence ↑ → factor output↑ Changes investment spending Determinants of AD with changes in activity. in political priorities Macro 9 government spending 2020 Australia funding renewable energy agencies - The government might increase or decrease expenditure due- Increase to changesbusiness tax: increase production cost --> ↓ in priority. Macro 9 Determinants of SRAS 2020 Australia funding renewable energy agencies SRAS Macro 9 Determinants of SRAS 2010 Louisiana Supply shock, louisiana Direct Subsidy Scheme: oil HKspill govtosubsidise deepwater non- ↓SRAS Macro 9 Determinants of LRAS 1991 Hong Kong government primary and secondary school. To Quality of factors of production increase enhance the qualityenergy of private education Quantity of factors of production increase, make better use of Macro 9 Determinants of LRAS 2020 Australia funding renewable agencies labour resourcesscarce - How efficiently → natural rate of are resources unemployment used decreases Macro 9 Determinants of LRAS 1980 UK Privatisation British Telecom 1980 - Depends Economy on unable to buy enough output to (Privatisation) make firms unemployment would be lower than without - degree of private ownership Macro 9 Keynesian 2010 US produce potential GDP Limitations in measuring level of investment 70% (may unemployed show government participate must in underground economy Underground Economy, butgovernment regarded asinterventions unemployed to when Macro 10.1. 2017 Greece - Remain stuck → requires unemployment Greece people work in an informal labour market. - Technological changes Macro 10.1. Causes of structural unemployment 2016 China 2016 Automation China 77% jobs at risk - RWE: 2016 Automation China 77% jobs at risk operating - Structure in the labourofmarket change economy growing + declining Macro 10.1. Causes of structural unemployment N/A Australia Australia $12 US per hour highest min. wage Nigeria high unemployment → negative - -Minimum Fewer people wage ablelegislation to work +→ Labour fewerunion outputactivities an economyand is Macro 10.1. Consequences of unemployment 2017 Nigeria national output 2017 25% Greece unemployed → tax revenue capable to produce require government funds to deal with social problems caused Macro 10.1. Consequences of unemployment 2012 Greece weakened Ethiopia → unable to repay unemployment from bailout 20% increase crime by unemployment Social problems created such as homelessness and increase Macro 10.1. Consequences of unemployment 2019 Ethiopia competitiveness ↓ rate violence Macro 10.2. Consequences of inflation 2015 Argentia 30% inflation → export soya bean decrease - Price of imports cheaper relatively. Imports attractiveness Household debt larger than economy due to ↑. - Since investment and consumption decreases, they are Macro 10.2. Consequences of deflation 2015 Thailand Direct Subsidy Scheme: HK gov subsidise non- more unlikely to pay back loans → bankruptcy of firms Investing capital increase production deflation - Increase quantity may not be source of growth as countries Macro 11.1 1991 Hong Kong government primary and secondary school. To - Destruction causes possibilities hence Investing capital economic increase growth production may have high levels of fewer and lower quality of natural unemployment Macro 11.1 2020 Australia enhance the quality of private funding renewable energy agencies education resources for future generations possibilities hence economic growthon distribution Consequences of economic growth Economic growth → 2020 South Africa 37th - Health affected by pollution → destruction Macro Chapter 11 living standards/income distribution 2020 - Economic growth may benefit the richer mostdecrease since have quality Consequences of economic growth on GNI but 0.6 Gini Coefficient institutional changes, since it decreases demand of certain Macro Chapter 11 unemployment 2016 China 2016 Automation China 77% jobs at risk assets + high-paid jobs Consequences of economic growth on RWE: 2015 Economic growth UK → highest labour skills behaviour to purchase imports → higher fraction of income Macro Chapter 11 current account of balance of payments 2015 increases Government policies that promote income current RWE: The account US has deficit had a progressive federal cause leakages to purchase import Macro Chapter 12 equality 1862 US - Direct taxes reduce after-tax income; therefore more equal Government policies that promote income tax rate since 1862 other groups Macro Chapter 12 equality N/A India RWE: Pensions for elderlies in India over 55 after-tax distribution of income Government expenditure that promote RWE: HK vaccination scheme 2020 $210 per -Misallocation Target particular groups of→people of resources overallocation of resources Macro Chapter 12 income equality 2020 Hong Kong Government expenditure that promote dose - Loss role of price for signalling and creating incentives opportunities Macro Chapter 12 income equality N/A Hong Kong Compulsory 12 years education During recession Fiscal stimulus package + Expansionary monetary - Allow them todespite contribute fiscal stimulus output increasing packageand+ productive Macro 13.1 Expansionary fiscal & monetary during r 2009 US Stop: Contractionary monetary policy → policy fail expansionary monetary policy... unemployment grew + budget deficit - Contractionary: grew decrease inflation, worsen unemployment Macro 13.2. Monetary Policy weakness 1980s US lowering inflationary pressures -- Interests can be adjustedunemployment, in small rates worsen inflation- expansionary increase inflation incrementally Expansionary: decrease Macro 13.2. Expansionary Monetary Strengths 2017 Japan Go: Expansionary monetary policy → lower to - Influencing economy in small steps to achieve target of US Recovery achieve 2% inand Reinvestment Act - public future output: Directly inflation,spending on physical capital goods + human Macro 13.3. Expansionary Fiscal strengths 2009 US investments in education and training, tech and output, - If government unemployment borrows to expend → deficit spending capital formation, ability to target sectors that are most in need 13.3 Expansionary Fiscal Weaknesses 2012 Greece health can't repay bailout -- Stagflation: ↑ D of money, ↑ interest presence rate of inflation and unemployment Macro 13.3 Expansionary Fiscal Weaknesses 2018 Pakistan 10% stagflation -- Discourage increasing investment level + by privatereal firms --> output AD decreases Deal with rapidprice inflation reducing GDP level 1993 US increase tax rates → pull economy simultaneously Macro 13.3. Contractionary Fiscal Strengths 1993 US - Contractionary effectively help bring under control from hyperinflation Direct Subsidy Scheme: from 6%HK to 3% increase quality of -- Invest on large human capital → allow people to acquire higher Macro 13.6. Supply side strengths 1991 Hong Kong Increase taxes reduce consumption private education skill manufacturing sets to acquire a jobas workers, with firmsa higher increaseincome, need decreasing to employ Macro 13.6. Supply side strengths 2018 Hong Kong Hong Kong Zhuhai Macau Bridge more FOP to increase output, However, investing on technology cause structural decreasing natural rate of Macro 13.6. Supply side strengths 2016 China Automation China 77% jobs at risk unemployment - Can be used as there is change to support in demand of skills for medium-sized or small firms Macro 13.6. Supply side strengths 2020 Australia funding US renewable Recovery energy agencies and Reinvestment Act - public - Can be used to support infant industries Macro 13.6. Supply side strengths 2009 US investments in education and training, (shown above) - Transfer ownership of a firm from the public to the private UK gov. privatised healthcare, British Telecom → increase technology Macro 13.6. Supply side strengths 1980 UK sector promoted to increase productive efficiencies + competitiveness Macro 13.6. Supply side weaknesses 2020 Australia funding renewable energy agencies - Hence they mustcommon overconsumption lower costs andresourcesmaximise profits since their competitors. of Here, using access a less expensive service Internationa14.2. Comparative advantage 2004-2006 USA IBM hired 34,000 more workers from India. -outweights Decrease providing quality of anatural quality capital service.+ human capital Japan and produces 25 million motorcycles and 2.5 million motorcycles and speed boats, it only has a comparative Internationa14.2. Comparative advantage In general Columbia speedboats Donald Trump's during the same period. administration imposed tariffs adnatage as good asinMr. producing speed boats. Trump hoped). Internationa14.3. Tariff 2018 USA on steel China is imports. allocating more low-tariff import -- Therefore, Trade war with China China started. the quota to allow more is increasing Quota 2020 China quotasisfor Biden corn.a subsidy to American giving -foreign This move supply to enterGerman angered the country.carmakers, who pointed out how Subsidy 2021 USA European production The EU hasofmanyelectric cars. administrative barriers to it would direct increase tariff prices for goods. on international electric cars. Administrative Barriers In general Union US, Mexico entry. The North American Free Trade Agreement is -reliant Therefore, the EU countries and dependent upon the greatly US and benefit. Canada. International15.2. Free Trade Area 2008 and Canada European in force Andorra, San Marino and Turkey are in a - Also prevent Mexico 'outcompete' each other in certain areas. from developing their own IP. 15.2. Customs Union In general Union European customs union with each other. -employment In general, the andEU goodwins, while prices asother well. nations states lose out. 15.2. Common Market In general Union The EU functions as a common market. -- Fiscal Coordination stimulus is and doneusingby the European debt to counter Council. recessions is 15.3. Common Market 1999 Eurozone Australia and The Eurozone Floating exchangeacts rate as aismonetary effected union. by politics limited. is more restricted. business 16.1. Floating Government exchange rate in exchange intervention 2020 China between Australia and China. -- Weaker Australians lose out,lose currencies as their out morecurrency decreases because of this in value. currency 16.3. rate 2020 China China devaluates currency by 4.4% manipulation. fallen in their standards of managing the Current Account 16.4. Balance of payment 2022 USA Bangladesh Credit Rating has fallen for the US correctly. Development econ LEDC https://discord.com/channels/230296179991248896/263571890415599616/960884027831746560 Chapters Topic/Word SL/HL Example 1.1 Production possibilities model Japan would produce more services for healthcare instead of education since there is an ageing problem 2.2 Demand increase (?) Share bikes in China 2014 Non price determinet of demand a productof(increase/decrease) Prices substitute goods (Demand) the iPhone's price suddenly jumped, relative to many Android phones. Income in the case of nomal good (Demand) The great depression (1930s) Prices of complementary goods Petrol price is hiked by Rs 1.67 per litre while diesel price is increased by Rs 7.10 per litre in Delhi. Demand of private cars decrease Demand increase by advertisment cigarettes advertised by Tim Romano in1960 2.3 Quantitied supplied decrease Less facetiously, USDA’s weighted average of all retail beef prices hit a new high of $5.12 per pound in December, up about 3.5 percent since August. Beef prices are rising so sharply that it’s possible McDonalds will be forced to remove its popular McDouble from the Dollar Menu Vertical supply Tickets for movies, etc. Non price determinet of supply a product Technology introduction to machines replaced humans(automation), lowering cost of production of producing simple things such as dolls or toys. 1930s[edit]. The earliest designs of industrial robots were putinto production in the United States. These manipulators had joints modelled on human shoulder-arm-wrist kinetics to replicate human motions like pulling, pushing, pressing and lifting. Taxes The UK sugar tax. Officially called the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL), the tax puts a charge of 24p on drinks containing 8g of sugar per 100ml and 18p a litre on those with 5-8g of sugar per 100ml, directly payable by manufacturers to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Supply decrease by tax The Hong Kong tobacco tax from year 1983 is now about 67% of the retail price Joint supply fighting a "serious component shortage" this year, Apple reportedly reallocated parts earmarked for the iPad and used them to make iPhones instead, reportedly at the cost of some 2-3 million iPads. Subsidies 19 December 2021, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities of the UK government has annouced a subsidy of 22.5 million pounds to ecnou Supply Shock drought in 2018, India lacked a great amount of water and their crops were destroyed. 2.4 price mechanism reallocates resource As the Covid-19 pandemic broke out all over the world, there is an increase in demand of masks as people want to protect themselves. The demand of masks increases from D1 to D2, quantity demanded increases from Q1 to Q2, and Price increases from P1 to P2; at the same time, since the quantity supplied at P2 is Q3, which Q3 is smaller than Q2, it causes shortage in masks. Signalling and incentive automaker SGMW switching its production lines from automobiles to surgical masks after the surge in mask prices. 3.1 PED Uber percisely figured out that the quantity demanded decreases 6 times more if price increases 200% rather than 190% in 2016. Inelastic PED of primary neccesities raw materials and food (agricultural goods). Toilet paper? Elastic PED Luxuries such as diamond rings 3.2 XED in substitues/negative XED any substitutes, eg android and iphone 3.2 XED in complements any complements, eg CD and CD player 3.2 price elasticity on decision making McDonalds has the elasticity of 0.7-0.8. If increase 1% price of good, there is a reduction of 0.8% of quantity demanded Reasons of knowing PED/PES Decisions of price /quantity Uber raise price under peak hour depends onwithin Substitute: its price sameelasticity company of Coca-Cola: Schweppes and Coca-cola Substitute: rival company Coke Pepsi Substitute and merge In 2005, AT&T and BellSouth were highly competitive substitutes of XED 5.73. This has led to their merge in 2006. Complement and collaboration American Airlines and Hilton Hotels : Convert hotel points to miles 4.1 Government indirect taxes US government has a $8 billion year-tax on alcoholic beverages Tax ad valorem Tax on cigarettes in hong kong, a 67% tax per pack to discourage consumption, in 2012. (Ad Valorem Tax) 4.2 Price Ceiling (Housing) Rent control in NYC states that landlords are only allowed to increase rent by 7.5% until the MAx Base Rent is reached, as of 2012. Price Floor (Agricultural Product) In 1962, The Common Agricultural Policy was designed to offer minimum guaranteed prices to European farmers to ensure a consistent and reliable supply of food throughout the European community 4.3 Government subsidy Hong Kong public transport fare subsidy scheme / USA farm subsidies (The federal government spends more than $20 billion a year on subsidies on farm business Subsidy (Agricultural Product) In 2004, the Chinese government imposed subsidy on farmers’ purchase of seeds and agricultural machines and waived their agricultural tax. Government intervention in housing market: 1. Legislation In 2010, a housing purchase restriction policy was announced by China’s central government. reduces housing prices and transaction amounts 2. Price ceiling Rent ceiling price for New York City in 2008 which is 60% below than market price. Make housing more affordable to low income consumers 3. Subsidies on producer Hong Kong: Entrust the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) with a new mission to provide more subsidized housing-- first subsidized housing project at Ma Tau Wai Road. -Increasing housing supplies 4. direct government provision During the 1990s, the land release policy was implemented by the Singapore government, the government released its state-owned land for private residential development -reduce private residential housing prices 5. Price ceiling 2 Beijing city price ceiling on housing. Won’t allow new residential projects to go on sale if prices are higher than those sold in earlier launches. To prevent home price rise, making housing more affordable
4.3 Subsidy on merit goods Vaccination subsidy scheme hk
4.5 Price ceiling India price ceiling on uber rides Zimbabwe's Hyperinflation Case in 2008 (Government attempted to place price ceiling on agricultural goods to keep the good affordable (but was not succesfull as it discentivesed the production of said good)) 4.5 Price floor India price floor on steel to protect domestic industry, Scotland has price floor on alchol, charging 50p per unit starting from may 2018. This led to a weekly decrease of 1.2 unit consumed per adult 5.3 Negative consumption externalities Alcohol consumption in US -> clean up and policing cost cuz they need to deal with the crimes and mess caused by drunk people 5.3 Positive consumption externalities When you consume education you get a private benefit. But there are also benefits to the rest of society. E.g you are able to educate other people and therefore they benefit as a result of your education. (positive consumption externality) Legistration to correct HK new born babies are forced to vaccine to fight off known virus and common cold 5.4 Negative production externalities Coal India. their extraction of coal have a great deal of pollutant which harms the enviornment Legislation to correct Euro VI emissions standard adopted for all new diesel engines in the EU since 2013 Positive production externalities amazon training employees which skills can later be reuse 5.3 Carbon tax Denmark charges $14 in Euros per ton for carbon emission since 1993, having $900 million revenue per year and reducing 25% of carbon emissions 5.3 Cap and trade California has a reduction of 35 million metric tons of pollutants in 2018 from cap and trade 5.6 Common access resources Overfishing of Bluefin Tuna in United States due to high demand in sushi market Legistraion for common access In 2011, marine vessels were the largest source of respirable suspended particulates, nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide. In particular, the emissions of ocean-going vessels at berth accounted for about 40% of their total emissions within Hong Kong waters. In September 2012, the Government launched an incentive scheme to encourage ocean-going vessels at berth to switch to low-sulphur diesel. We are also considering bringing in new legislation to enforce the requirement of fuel switch at berth. International cooperation The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The major feature of the Kyoto Protocol is that it sets binding targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European community for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions .These amount to an average of five per cent against 1990 levels over the five-year period 2008-2012. 8.1 Injection China uses 165 billion annually on tourism 8.1 Leakage Government spending 11 billion on Zhu Hai Macau Bridge GDP increase, living standard increase Any developed country, eg Norway 8.2 GNI increase, living standard increase Switzerland 2nd highest GNI/GDP per capita in 2017 with 4.6% unemployment rate (low) GDP understate living standard Central African Republic having $700 GDP per capita per year, but in less developed countries households tends to cook and hunt for food instead of trading in market, and those are non marketed value output 8.2 Domestic Price 1 US can buy 3 pieces of gum in Switzerland but 67 pieces of gum in Indonesia 8.2 Parallel Market Greece has 21% GDP that should be contributed by parallel market 8.2 Composition of output US use 700 billion for military service that could have saved thousands of lives from improper healthcare 8.2 Distribution of income and output Ranked 37 GDP/GNI in south Africa but 0.67 Gini coefficient in 2015 10.1 Consequences of unemployment Increased unemployment rate in 2016 causes decreased national output in 2017 Nigeria 10.2 Consequences of inflation In 2015, the inflation of Argentina has reached more than 30%, causing a 5% decrease of the total export of soya beans and tariffs 10.2 Consequences of inflation Germany 1920 costs DM 2 million for a loaf of bread 10.2 Consequences of deflation Germany 1920 costs DM 2 million for a loaf of bread 10.2 Consequences of deflation Thailand deflation 2015 (caused by weak oil and food prices), lead to a household debt of Bt 10.4 trillion in a 13trillion economy 12 Central Bank The People's Bank of China/ Bank of England/Reserve Bank Of India/The US Federal Reserve Fiscal Policy (Expansionary/Contractionary)