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Questions from Chapter 19

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Dear all,
Please post your questions from Chapter 19 in this section.
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David Lin


IP属地:浙江1楼2016-03-05 17:11回复
    National Income:
    Page 681 of the book, under national income. It says If we substract the consumption of fixed capital from GDP, we are left with national income. This is not correct.
    National Income. National income is equal to GNP less the consumption of fixed capital (i.e., depreciation).


    IP属地:浙江11楼2016-03-07 20:15
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      Under Gross Prive Domestic Investment, we include all constructions (commercial and residential constructions) as investments. Owner-occupied houses or residential constructions are treated as investment goods as these houses could be rented out to bring in an income return. This construction and rental service are all part of GDP, but the second hand sale of the house is not part of GDP.


      IP属地:浙江13楼2016-03-07 21:58
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        Under Gross Private Domestic Investments, Increase and Decrease in Inventories.
        Now we assume at the beginning of the year, inventory level was $100 dollar, during the year the company produced $500, but only sold $400, so by the end of the year, the inventory level went up to $200. $400 inventories have been sold to end users, so they have become final goods and part of GDP of the year. This is easy to understand. On the other hand, another $100 inventories are still in the warehouse, but they were still this year's new production, that's why they are part of GDP.
        Now we assume at the beginning of the year, inventory level was $100 dollar, during the year the company produced $500, but sold $550, so by the end of the year, the inventory level went down to $50. $500 inventories have been sold to end users, so they have become final goods and part of GDP of the year. On the other hand, we have used another $50 inventories from last year, they also have become the final goods to the end users. However, we counted this $50 as part of GDP last year. That is why we have to substract this $50 from this year GDP to avoid double counting.


        IP属地:浙江14楼2016-03-07 22:01
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              IP属地:浙江59楼2016-03-14 09:22
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                回复 笙歌_Z : There is no good or bad, we just don't account financial investment as part of GDP, since there is no new goods and services.


                IP属地:浙江60楼2016-03-14 15:57
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