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### Lecture 4: National Income—How It Is Earned

#### Basic Q&A Cards

  1. Q: What are the three methods to compute GDP?
    A: Production method (sum of value added), income method (labor income + capital income + profits), and expenditure method (C + I + G + NX).
    Q: What term describes variables determined outside a model?
    A: Exogenous variables.

  2. Q: What term describes variables explained by a model?
    A: Endogenous variables.

  3. Q: What term describes the percentage change in GDP due to price changes?
    A: GDP deflator.

  4. Q: What term describes the percentage of unemployed people in the labor force?
    A: Unemployment rate.

  5. Q: What term describes the monetary value of final goods and services produced in an economy?
    A: GDP.

  6. Q: What term describes the measure of change in the cost of living?
    A: CPI (Consumer Price Index).

  7. Q: What term describes the relationship between inputs and outputs in an economy?
    A: Production function.

  8. Q: What term describes the percentage of income spent on consumption when disposable income increases by one dollar?
    A: Marginal propensity to consume (MPC).

  9. Q: What term describes the rate at which investors borrow, corrected for inflation?
    A: Real interest rate.

  10. Q: What term describes the percentage of GDP spent on consumption, investment, and government purchases in a closed economy?
    A: Y = C + I + G.

2. Q: What is the aggregate production function?

A: \( Y = F(K, L) \), where \( Y \) is output, \( K \) is capital, and \( L \) is labor.

3. Q: What are the properties of a neoclassical production function?

A: Positive and diminishing marginal products, constant returns to scale (CRS), and satisfies the Inada conditions.

4. Q: What is the marginal product of labor (MPL)?

A: \( MPL = \frac{\partial F(K, L)}{\partial L} \). It measures the additional output produced by one more unit of labor.

5. Q: What is the marginal product of capital (MPK)?

A: \( MPK = \frac{\partial F(K, L)}{\partial K} \). It measures the additional output produced by one more unit of capital.

6. Q: What is the Cobb-Douglas production function?

A: \( Y = AK^\alpha L^{1-\alpha} \), where \( A \) is total factor productivity (TFP), and \( \alpha \) is the capital share.

7. Q: What is the elasticity of substitution in the Cobb-Douglas production function?

A: The elasticity of substitution is 1.

8. Q: What is the Leontief production function?

A: \( Y = \min\left(\frac{K}{a}, \frac{L}{b}\right) \), where \( a \) and \( b \) are fixed proportions.

9. Q: What is the CES production function?

A: \( Y = A \left[ \gamma (A_K K)^{\frac{\sigma-1}{\sigma}} + (1-\gamma)(A_L L)^{\frac{\sigma-1}{\sigma}} \right]^{\frac{\sigma}{\sigma-1}} \), where \( \sigma \) is the elasticity of substitution.

10. Q: What is the Stone-Geary production function?

A: \( Y = A(K - \underline{K})^\alpha (L - \underline{L})^\beta \), where \( \underline{K} \) and \( \underline{L} \) are minimum input requirements.

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#### Cloze Deletion Cards

1. Q: The aggregate production function relates __________ and __________ to output.

A: capital, labor.

2. Q: The Cobb-Douglas production function exhibits __________ returns to scale.

A: constant.

3. Q: The marginal product of labor is __________ in the Cobb-Douglas production function.

A: \( MPL = (1-\alpha) \frac{Y}{L} \).

4. Q: The elasticity of substitution in the Cobb-Douglas production function is __________.

A: 1.

5. Q: The Leontief production function assumes __________ substitutability between inputs.

A: no.

6. Q: The CES production function allows for __________ substitutability between inputs.

A: variable.

7. Q: The Stone-Geary production function includes __________ input requirements.

A: minimum.

8. Q: The Inada conditions ensure that the marginal product of capital approaches __________ as capital approaches zero.

A: infinity.

9. Q: The Inada conditions ensure that the marginal product of capital approaches __________ as capital approaches infinity.

A: zero.

10. Q: The labor share of income in the Cobb-Douglas production function is __________.

A: \( 1-\alpha \).

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### Lecture 5: National Income—How It Is Spent

#### Basic Q&A Cards

1. Q: What is the national income identity in a closed economy?

A: \( Y = C + I + G \), where \( Y \) is GDP, \( C \) is consumption, \( I \) is investment, and \( G \) is government spending.

2. Q: What is the consumption function?

A: \( C = C(Y - T) \), where \( Y - T \) is disposable income.

3. Q: What is the marginal propensity to consume (MPC)?

A: The change in consumption resulting from a $1 increase in disposable income: \( MPC = \frac{dC}{d(Y-T)} \).

4. Q: What is the investment function?

A: \( I = I(r) \), where \( r \) is the real interest rate.

5. Q: What is the relationship between nominal and real interest rates?

A: \( i = r + \pi \), where \( i \) is the nominal interest rate, \( r \) is the real interest rate, and \( \pi \) is inflation.

6. Q: What is the role of the interest rate in the goods market equilibrium?

A: The interest rate adjusts to balance savings and investment: \( S = I(r) \).

7. Q: What happens to investment when government spending increases?

A: Investment decreases due to crowding out, as the interest rate rises.

8. Q: What happens to savings when taxes decrease?

A: Savings decrease because disposable income increases, leading to higher consumption.

9. Q: What is the effect of an increase in investment demand on the equilibrium interest rate?

A: The equilibrium interest rate rises.

10. Q: What is the effect of an increase in savings on the equilibrium interest rate?

A: The equilibrium interest rate falls.

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#### Cloze Deletion Cards

1. Q: In a closed economy, the national income identity is __________.

A: \( Y = C + I + G \).

2. Q: The consumption function depends on __________.

A: disposable income (\( Y - T \)).

3. Q: The marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is the change in __________ resulting from a $1 increase in disposable income.

A: consumption.

4. Q: The investment function depends on the __________.

A: real interest rate.

5. Q: The nominal interest rate equals the real interest rate plus __________.

A: inflation.

6. Q: The equilibrium interest rate balances __________ and __________.

A: savings, investment.

7. Q: An increase in government spending __________ investment due to crowding out.

A: decreases.

8. Q: A decrease in taxes __________ savings because disposable income increases.

A: decreases.

9. Q: An increase in investment demand __________ the equilibrium interest rate.

A: increases.

10. Q: An increase in savings __________ the equilibrium interest rate.

A: decreases.

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### Lecture 6: A Primer on Economic Growth

#### Basic Q&A Cards

1. Q: What is the Solow growth model?

A: A model that explains long-run economic growth through capital accumulation, labor force growth, and technological progress.

2. Q: What is the aggregate production function in the Solow model?

A: \( Y(t) = A(t) K(t)^\alpha L(t)^{1-\alpha} \), where \( A(t) \) is technology.

3. Q: What is the key equation for growth accounting in the Solow model?

A: \( g_Y(t) = g_A(t) + \alpha g_K(t) + (1-\alpha) g_L(t) \).

4. Q: What is the steady state in the Solow model?

A: A long-run equilibrium where capital per worker and output per worker are constant.

5. Q: What is the golden rule level of capital?

A: The level of capital that maximizes consumption per worker in the steady state.

6. Q: What are the Kaldor facts?

A: Six empirical regularities about long-run economic growth, including constant growth rates of labor productivity and capital per worker.

7. Q: What is the role of technological progress in the Solow model?

A: Technological progress (\( A(t) \)) drives long-run growth in output per worker.

8. Q: What is the growth rate of output per worker in the steady state?

A: Equal to the growth rate of technological progress (\( g_A \)).

9. Q: What is the formula for the average annual growth rate?

A: \( g_Y = \left( \frac{Y_{t+j}}{Y_t} \right)^{\frac{1}{j}} - 1 \).

10. Q: What is the rule of 70?

A: The time it takes for a variable to double is approximately \( \frac{70}{\text{growth rate}} \) years.

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#### Cloze Deletion Cards

1. Q: The Solow model explains long-run growth through __________, __________, and __________.

A: capital accumulation, labor force growth, technological progress.

2. Q: The aggregate production function in the Solow model is __________.

A: \( Y(t) = A(t) K(t)^\alpha L(t)^{1-\alpha} \).

3. Q: The growth rate of output in the Solow model is __________.

A: \( g_Y(t) = g_A(t) + \alpha g_K(t) + (1-\alpha) g_L(t) \).

4. Q: The steady state is a long-run equilibrium where __________ and __________ are constant.

A: capital per worker, output per worker.

5. Q: The golden rule level of capital maximizes __________ in the steady state.

A: consumption per worker.

6. Q: The Kaldor facts include constant growth rates of __________ and __________.

A: labor productivity, capital per worker.

7. Q: Technological progress drives __________ in the Solow model.

A: long-run growth.

8. Q: The growth rate of output per worker in the steady state equals __________.

A: the growth rate of technological progress.

9. Q: The average annual growth rate is calculated using __________.

A: \( g_Y = \left( \frac{Y_{t+j}}{Y_t} \right)^{\frac{1}{j}} - 1 \).

10. Q: The rule of 70 states that the time to double is approximately __________.

A: \( \frac{70}{\text{growth rate}} \) years.

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