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Determination Of Income And Employment

ICSE · Class 12 · Economics

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1. Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply

  • Aggregate Demand refers to the total value of final goods and services demanded in an economy during a year.
  • Aggregate demand and aggregate expenditure mean the same thing.
  • In a two-sector economy, aggregate demand has two components: consumption demand and investment demand.
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2. Consumption Function and Propensities to Consume

  • The consumption function shows the relationship between income and consumption.
  • Income here means disposable income, which is income after taxes.
  • Keynes' Psychological Law of Consumption says consumption rises when income rises, but by less than income.
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3. Saving Function and Propensities to Save

  • Saving is the part of income not spent on current consumption.
  • Saving is also the excess of income over consumption.
  • Saving function shows the relationship between saving and income.
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4. Investment Function and Investment Multiplier

  • Investment means addition to the existing stock of capital.
  • According to Keynes, investment depends on marginal efficiency of capital and the rate of interest.
  • Firms invest as long as marginal efficiency of capital exceeds the rate of interest.

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Aggregate demand is the total valueAggregate supply is the total amountThe classical view holds that aggregateThe Keynesian view holds that aggregateThe consumption function shows the relation

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