Economics Diagrams For The IB

Important diagrams to remember
Chapter 2 Competitive markets: demand and supply
price of chocolate bars ($)
(a) Demand of consumer A
(b) Demand curve of consumer B
(c) Market demand
P ($)
P ($)
2
1
DA
2 4 6 8 10 12
quantity of chocolate
bars (per week)
demands
of other
consumers
in the
market
3
2
1
DB
2 4 6 8 10 12
bars (per week)
Dm
2 4 6 8 10 12 14
quantity of chocolate bars
(thousands per week)
Figure 2.2 Market demand as the sum of individual demands
(a) A movement along the demand curve,

caused by a change in price, is called a
change in quantity demanded
(b) A shift of a demand curve, caused by a change in

a determinant of demand, is called a change in
demand
P
change in demand
P1
change in
quantity
demanded
decrease
in D
P2
D2
D
increase
in D
Q1
Q2
D3
Q
D1
Q
Figure 2.4 Movements along and shifts of the demand curve
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(a) Supply of rm A
(b) Supply of rm B
(c) Market supply
P$
P$
SA
5
4
+ 3
SB
supplies
of other
firms in
the market
= 3
2
1
200
400
600
bars (per week)
Sm
200
400
600
bars (per week)
2 4 6 8 10 12
bars (thousands per week)
Figure 2.6 Market supply as the sum of individual supplies
(a) A movement along the supply curve,

caused by a change in price, is called a
change in quantity suppied
(b) A shift of the supply curve, caused by a

change in a determinant of supply, is called a
change in supply
S
B
P2
change in
quantity
supplied
P1
Q1
Q2
P1
S1
S3
Q3
decrease
in supply
increase
in supply
Q1
Q2
S2
Figure 2.8 Movements along and shifts of the supply curve
S
5
surplus
4
3
equilibrium
price
market equilibrium
2
shortage
D
equilibrium quantity
2
4
6
8 10 12
quantity of chocolate bars
(thousands per week)
14
Figure 2.9 Market equilibrium

(a) Increase in demand
P
(b) Decrease in demand
initial
equilibrium
P2
a
final
equilibrium
P1
b
D2
P1
final
equilibrium
S
a
c
P3
D1
D1
0
Q1
initial
equilibrium
D3
Q2
Q3
Q1
Figure 2.10 Changes in demand and the new equilibrium price and quantity
(a) Increase in supply
(b) Decrease in supply
initial
equilibrium
final
equilibrium
S1
P
a
P1
P2
S2
S3
final
equilibrium
P1
S1
P3
D
0
Q2
Q1
initial
equilibrium
D
0
Q3
Q1
Figure 2.11 Changes in supply and the new equilibrium price and quantity
(a) Adjustment of price to increased demand

P
S
C
P2
P1
B
D2
D1
Q1
Q3
Figure 2.16 Price as a signal and incentive
shortage =
excess demand
Q2 Q
P1
S = MC
P2
P3 consumer
surplus
Pe
producer
surplus
P4
P5
Allocative
efficiency:
at market
equilibrium
MB = MC and
social surplus
is maximum
D = MB
P6
0
Qa Qb
Qe
Figure 2.17 Consumer and producer surplus in a competitive market

Higher level topic
P ($)
P ($)
Qd = 14 2P
Qd = 19 2P
4 Qd = 10 2P
a
decreases
a
increases
Qd = 14 2P
Qd = 14 4P
absolute
value of b
increases
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
quantity of chocolate bars (thousands per week)
Figure 2.12 Shifts of the demand curve (changes in a in the

function Qd = a bP )
P ($)
5
0
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
Figure 2.13 Changing the slope of the demand curve (changes in b in the
function Qd = a bP )
P($)
Qs = 1 + 2P
Qs = 2 + 2P Qs = 6 + 2P
c
decreases
c
increases
0
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
Figure 2.14 Shifts of the supply curve (changes in c in the supply

function Qs = c + dP )
Qs = 2 + 2P
value
of d
increases
Qs = 2 + 4P
0
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
Figure 2.15 Changing the slope of the supply curve (changes in d in the
function Qs = c + dP )
Chapter 3 Elasticities
Frequently encountered cases
(a) Price inelastic demand: 0 < PED <1
(b) Price elastic demand: 1 < PED <
P
5%
P2
P2
P1
10%
P1
D
0
Q2 Q1
5%
(d) Perfectly inelastic demand: PED = 0
(e) Pefectly elastic demand: PED =
P1
P2
5%
P1
10%
Special cases
(c) Unit elastic demand: PED = 1
Q2 Q1
Q2
Q1
Q1
5%
Figure 3.1 Demand curves and PED
P ($)
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
PED = 4
e
d
elastic portion of
demand curve
PED = 1
c
inelastic portion
of demand curve
b PED = 0.25
a
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
units of good A
Figure 3.2 Variability of PED along a straight-line demand curve

(a) PED > 1 (elastic demand)
(c) PED = 1 (unit elastic demand)
PED > 1
P2
P1 C
PED > 1
PED = 1
PED < 1
PED = 1
P2
P1
A B
0
(b) PED < 1 (inelastic demand)
D
Q2 Q1
C
A
P2
C
PED < 1
B
P1
A
Q2 Q1 Q
Q2
Q1
Figure 3.5 PED and total revenue
(a) Primary commodities: supply shifts with inelastic demand
(b) Manufactured products: supply shifts with elastic demand
S2
S2
S1
P
P2
S3
P1
P3
P3
D
D
Q2 Q1 Q3
S3
P2
P1
S1
Q2
Q1
Q3
Figure 3.6 Price uctuations are larger for primary commodities because of low PED
(a) Inelastic demand
(b) Elastic demand
final
equilibrium
Pt
S2
tax
per
unit
S1
initial
equilibrium
P1
final
equilibrium
Pt
P1
Qt
tax
per
unit
S1
initial
equilibrium
D
0
S2
Qt
Figure 3.7 PED, indirect taxes and government tax revenue

(a) Substitutes and positive XED : demand for Pepsi
S
YED < 0 0 < YED < 1 YED > 1
inferior
good
D2
D3 D1
D increases
as price of
Coca-Cola
increases
D2
D decreases as price
of Coca-Cola decreases
income
inelastic
demand,
normal
good
D1
income
elastic
demand,
normal
good
D3
D4
Q
Q
Figure 3.9 Demand curve shifts in response to increases in income for
different YEDs
(b) Complements and XED : demand for tennis balls
D2
D1
D3
D decreases as
price of tennis rackets increases
0
D increases
as price of
tennis rackets
decreases
Figure 3.8 Cross-price elasticities

Frequently encountered cases
(a) Price inelastic supply: PES < 1
(b) Price elastic supply: PES > 1
P
S
S
P2
10%
P2
10%
P1
Q1 Q2
P1
5%
Q2
15%
Special cases
(c) Unit elastic supply: PES = 1
(d) Perfectly inelastic supply: PES = 0
S1
Q1
(e) Perfectly elastic supply: PES =
S2
S3
0
P1
Q1
Figure 3.11 Supply curves and PES

(a) Primary commodities: demand shifts with inelastic supply
P
P2
P1
P3
D3
D1
(b) Manufactured products: demand shifts with elastic supply
P
S
P2
P1
P3
D2
Q
D2
D3
D1
Q
Figure 3.13 Price uctuations are larger for primary commodities because of low PES
Chapter 4 Government intervention

(a) Market outcomes: specic tax
(a) Specic tax

P
S2 (= S1 + tax)
tax per S
1
unit
government
revenue
Pc
S2 (= S1 + tax)
tax per
unit S1
P*
Pp
(b) Ad valorem tax
Q t Q*
D
Q
(b) Market outcomes: ad valorem tax

S2 (= S1 + tax)
tax per
unit
government
revenue
tax per
unit S
S1
Pc
tax per
unit
S2 = S1 + tax
P*
PP
Figure 4.1 Supply curve shifts due to indirect (excise) taxes
D
Qt Q*
Figure 4.2 Impacts of specic and ad valorem taxes on market outcomes
S1
P
Pp
P*
subsidy
per unit
S2 = S1 subsidy
Pc
D
0
Q*
Qsb
Figure 4.8 Impacts of subsidies on market outcomes

P
Pe
welfare loss
a
Pe
Pc
shortage =
excess demand
Qs
Qe
Pc
Qd
Figure 4.12 Price ceiling (maximum price) and market outcomes
excess supply =
surplus
Pf
S = MC
b
d
c
e
D = MB
Qs
Qe
Qd
Figure 4.13 Welfare impacts of a price ceiling (maximum price)
excess supply =
surplus
Pf
Pe
D+
government
purchases
Pe
D
Qd
Qe
Qs
Figure 4.15 Price oor (minimum price) and market outcomes
D
0
Qd
Qe
Qs
Figure 4.16 An agricultural product market with price oor and

government purchases of the surplus
excess supply =
surplus
S = MC
a
Pf
b
c
e
Pe
d
f
D+
government
purchases
welfare
loss
D = MB
0
Qd
Qe
Qs
Figure 4.17 Welfare impacts of a price oor (minimum price) for

agricultural products and government purchases of the
surplus
10
price of labour (wage)

P
excess supply of labour

= labour surplus
= unemployment
supply
of
labour
Wm
Wm
We
We
Qd
Qe Qs
quantity of labour
welfare loss
c
e
demand
for
labour
Q
0
Figure 4.19 Labour market with minimum wage (price oor)
Qd
Qe
Qs
Figure 4.20 Welfare impacts of a minimum wage
Higher level topics
(a) Inelastic supply
(a) Inelastic demand
tax per
unit
S1
Pc
P*
consumers
producers
Pp
D
Qt Q*
S2 = S1 + tax
tax per
unit
Pp
0
consumers
producers
Qt Q*
S2 = S1 + tax
S1
Pc
consumers
P*
Pp
producers
tax per
unit
consumers
Q*
Figure 4.6 Incidence of an indirect tax with inelastic and elastic demand
S1
producers
D
Qt
(b) Elastic supply
(b) Elastic demand
Pc
P*
S1
tax per
unit
Pc
P*
Pp
S2 = S1 + tax
S2 = S1 + tax
Qt
Q*
D
Q
Figure 4.7 Incidence of an indirect tax with inelastic and elastic supply
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P
S1 = MC
tax per
unit
consumer
surplus
after the tax
S = MC
Pc
consumer
surplus
P*
S2 = S1 + tax
P*
government
revenue from
the tax
welfare loss = a + b
Pp
producer
surplus
producer
surplus
after the
tax
D = MB
D = MB
0
Q*
(a) Consumer and producer surplus in a competitive

free market: maximum social surplus
Q*
Qt
(b) Consumer and producer surplus with an indirect

(excise) tax: welfare loss
Figure 4.4 Effects of indirect taxes on consumer and producer surplus
(a) Consumer and producer surplus in a competitive

free market: maximum social surplus
(b) Consumer and producer surplus with a subsidy: welfare loss

P
P
S1 = MC
S = MC
P*
subsidy
per unit
S2 = S1 subsidy
Pp
gain in producer
P * surplus
gain in consumer
surplus
Pc
consumer
surplus
producer
surplus
welfare loss
D = MB
0
Q*
D = MB
Q
0
Q*
Qsb
Figure 4.10 Effects of subsidies on consumer and producer surplus
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Chapter 5 Market failure

P
S = MPC = MSC
Popt
D = MPB = MSB
0
Qopt
allocative efficiency
is achieved
Figure 5.1 Demand, supply and allocative efciency with

no externalities
(a) Welfare loss
MSC
external
cost
S = MPC
Popt
external
cost S = MPC
Popt
Pm
Pm
MSC
D = MPB = MSB
Q
Qopt Qm
Figure 5.2 Negative production externality
welfare loss
D = MPB = MSB
Qopt Qm
Figure 5.3 Welfare loss (deadweight loss) in a negative

production externality
MSC
S = MPC
Popt
Pm
Qopt Qm
D = MPB = MSB
Q
Figure 5.4 Government regulations to correct negative production

externalities
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(b) Effects on external costs of a tax on
emissions (carbon tax)
(a) Imposing an indirect tax on

output or on pollutants
MSC = MPC + tax
tax = external cost
P
Pc = Popt
(c) Tradable permits
P2
S = MPC
S = MPC
Pm
Pm
P1
Pp
Qopt Qm
D2
D1
D = MPB = MSC
D = MPB = MSB
0
S of tradable
permits
MSC1 = MPC + tax

MSC2
Qopt1 Qopt2 Qm
Q1
Figure 5.5 Market-based policies to correct negative production externalities
(a) Welfare loss
P
S = MPC = MSC
Pm
D = MPB
Popt
external
cost
welfare loss
Pm
Popt
external
cost
D = MPB
MSB
0
Qopt
Qm
MSB
Q
Qopt Qm
Figure 5.7 Welfare loss (deadweight loss) in a negative

consumption externality
Figure 5.6 Negative consumption externality
(a) Government regulations and advertising

P
(b) Market-based: imposing an indirect tax

P
external
cost
S = MPC = MSC
MPC + tax
tax =
external
cost
Pc
S = MPC = MSC
Pm
Pm
D1 = MPB
Popt
Pp
D = MPB
D2 = MSB
after demand decreases
Qopt
Qm
S = MPC = MSC
MSB
0
Qopt
Qm
Figure 5.8 Correcting negative consumption externalities
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(a) Welfare loss
S = MPC
external
benefits
Pm
P
S = MPC
MSC
external
benefits
MSC
Pm
Popt
Popt
Qm Qopt
D = MPB = MSB
Q
D = MPB = MSB
0
Figure 5.9 Positive production externality
(b) Granting a subsidy
S = MPC
Qm Qopt
Figure 5.10 Welfare loss (deadweight loss) in a positive

production externality
(a) Direct government provision
S = MPC
spillover
benefit
MSC
subsidy =
spillover benefit
Pm
Pm
Popt
Popt
welfare loss
Qm Qopt
D = MPB
Q
MSC
Qm Qopt
D = MPB
Q
Figure 5.11 Correcting positive production externalities
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P
S = MPC = MSC
Popt
Pm
MSB
welfare loss
S = MPC = MSC
external
benefit
Qm Qopt
D = MPB
Q
Popt
Pm
external
benefits
MSB
D = MPB
Q
Figure 5.12 Positive consumption externality
(a) Legislation or advertising
Qm Qopt
Figure 5.13 Welfare loss (deadweight loss) in a positive

consumption externality
P
S = MPC = MSC
Popt
D2 = MSB
Pm
external
benefit
D1 = MPB
0
Qm Qopt
(b) Direct government provision

P
S = MPC = MSC
S + government
provision
Pm
MSB
Pc
D = MPB
0
Qm
Qopt
(c) Granting a subsidy

P
S = MPC = MSC
subsidy =
external
benefit
MPC
subsidy
Pm
MSB
Pc
D = MPB
0
Qm
Qopt
Figure 5.14 Correcting positive consumption externalities
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Chapter 6 The theory of the rm I: Production, costs, revenues and prot

Higher level topics
units of output
(c) Total product curve
(c) Total cost, total variable cost and total

xed cost curves
TP
TC
0
units of output
TVC
costs
units of variable input (labour)
TFC
0
output, Q
AP
0
MC
MP
(d) Marginal and average product curves
ATC
units of output (AP, MP)
costs
Figure 6.1 Total, marginal and average products
AVC
AFC
AP
0
MP
output, Q
(d) Average cost and marginal cost curves

Figure 6.2 Total, average and marginal cost curves
costs (AVC, MC)
MC
AVC
output, Q
Figure 6.3 Product curves and cost curves are mirror images due to the law of
diminishing returns
17

(c) Economies and diseconomies of scale
(b) Long-run average total cost curve in relation to

short-run average total cost curves
SRATC1
SRATC2
SRATCm
0
0
Q1 Q2
diseconomies
of scale
costs
economies
of scale
LRATC
costs
LRATC
output, Q
output, Q
Figure 6.5 The long-run average total cost curve
(b) Prot-maximising rm produces at Q2 and

makes zero economic prot: TR TC = 0
(it earns normal prot)
a
b
f
d
Q1 Q2 Q3
costs, revenues
costs, revenues
TC
TR
(c) The loss-minimising rm produces at Q2

(if it produces) and makes a loss = TC TR
= a b (negative economic prot since
TR < TC )
TC
TC
costs, revenues
(a) Prot-maximising rm produces at Q2 and

makes economic prot: TR TC = c d
TR
a
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q
TR
b
Q1
Q2 Q3
Figure 6.10 Prot maximisation using the total revenue and total cost approach when the rm has no control over price
(b) Loss minimisation
(a) Prot maximisation
TC,
TR
TC
TC,
TR
TC
b
TR
a
TR
0
max
Q1min
Figure 6.11 Prot maximisation using the total revenue and total cost approach when the rm has control over price
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Chapter 7 The theory of the rm II: Market structures

Higher level topic
P
S
Pe
Pe
D
0
(a) Individual rm
Figure 7.1
(b) Market/industry
Market (industry) demand and supply determine demand faced by the perfectly competitive rm
P, MR, AR
TR
40
TR
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
30
20
10
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Q
D = P = MR = AR
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Q
(b) Marginal and average revenue
(a) Total revenue

Figure 7.2 Revenue curves under perfect competition
ATC
price,
revenue,
costs
P = minimum ATC = break-even price

firm makes normal profit,
or zero economic profit
P = minimum AVC = shut-down price
firm is indifferent between producing
at a loss or not producing
P > ATC
firm makes economic
(supernormal) profit
ATC > P > AVC
firm makes loss but
continues to produce
P < AVC
firm makes loss
and shuts down
MC
1
P1
2
P2
3
P3
P4
P5
0
AVC
4
5
Q5 Q4 Q3 Q2 Q1
output, Q
Figure 7.4 Summary of the perfectly competitive rms short-run decisions, and the rms short-run supply curve
19
MC
P1
ATC AVC
total profit
P1 = MR1 = AR1 = D1
profit
Q1
MC
ATC
P2
P2 = MR2 = AR2 = D2
= break-even price
(break-even point)
Q
Q2
AVC
(c) Economic loss: the rm continues to produce
(d) Loss in the short run and the shut-down price

price, revenue, costs
(b) Zero economic prot (normal prot)
(a) Economic prot
MC
ATC
c
total loss
P3
P3 = MR3 = AR3 = D3
loss
Q
Q3
AVC
MC
ATC
AVC
e
total loss
P4
loss
= AFC
Q
Q4
P4 = MR4 = AR4 = D4
= short-run
shut-down price
Q
(e) The loss-making rm that will not produce

MC
ATC
g
P5
P5 = MR5 = AR5 = D5
Q5
AVC
Figure 7.3 Short-run equilibrium positions of the perfectly competitive rm
(a) The rm
(b) The industry
price, costs, revenue
P
MC
SRATC
D = MR
Pe
LRATC
Pe
D
0
Qf
Qi
Figure 7.5 The rm and industry long-run equilibrium position in perfect competition
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From economic (supernormal) prot to normal prot
(a) The rm
(b) The industry
costs, revenue, P
P
MC
a
P1
P1
P2
S1
ATC
S2
2
P2
D
0
Q2 Q1
Q2
Q1
From loss to normal prot
costs, revenue, P
(c) The rm
(d) The industry

P
ATC
MC
S2
a
P1
P2
P2
P1
S1
1
D
Q1 Q2
Q2
Q1
Figure 7.6 From short-run equilibrium to long-run equilibrium
P
costs, revenue, P
MC
S = MC
ATC
Pe
consumer
surplus
P = MR = Pe
Qe
(a) The rm
Pe
producer
surplus
Qe
D = MB
Q
(b) The market/industry
Figure 7.7 Productive and allocative efciency in perfect competition in the long run
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(a)
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
TR
Pe
profit
PED = 1
(unit elastic demand)
PED > 1
(price-elastic
demand)
15
PED < 1
(price-inelastic
demand)
10
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
D = AR
Q
max
MC
Pe loss
P = AR = D
MR
5
0
ATC
(b)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
(b) Marginal and average revenue
price, revenue ( )
MC
a
total revenue ( )
(a) Total revenue
ATC
c
d
MR
Qlmin
D = AR
Q
Figure 7.11 Prot maximisation and loss minimisation

in monopoly: marginal revenue and cost approach
-5
MR
MC
P
costs
Figure 7.10 Revenue curves in monopoly
Pr
LRATC
D
D = AR
0
Qr
MR
minimum efficient
scale
Figure 7.12 Comparison of prot maximisation and revenue maximisation

by the monopolist
Figure 7.13 Natural monopoly
22

(a) Industry in perfect competition
(b) Monopoly
MC
Ppc
P = MRpc
D = MB
0
Qpc
S = MC
b
Pm
Ppc
D = MB
0
Qm
Qpc
MRm
Figure 7.14 Higher price, lower output by the rm in monopoly
(a) Perfect competition

P
Ppc
(b) Monopoly
consumer
surplus
S = MC
A
consumer
surplus
Pm
producer
surplus
B
Qpc
E
F
welfare (deadweight) loss
producer
surplus
D = MB
0
MC
Qm
D = MB
Qpc
MRm
Figure 7.15 Consumer and producer surplus and welfare (deadweight) loss in monopoly compared with perfect competition
(b) Monopoly
price, costs
(a) Perfectly competitive rm
MC
ATC
Pe
Qpe
at long-run equilibrium
production takes place at min ATC
(productive efficiency), and
Pe = MC (allocative efficiency)
MC
ATC
Pe
D
0
Qm
Q
MR
at long-run equilibrium
production takes place at greater than
min ATC (productive inefficiency), and
Pe > MC (allocative inefficiency)
Figure 7.16 Allocative and productive inefciency in perfect competition and monopoly
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economic
(supernormal)
profit
MC
Pe
ATC
D = AR
0
Qe
MC
ATC
Pe
D = AR
0
(c) Losses
Qe
(b) Normal prot
(a) Economic prot
losses
Pe
D = AR
0
Qe
MR
MR
MR
ATC
MC
Figure 7.21 Short-run equilibrium positions of the rm in monopolistic competition
Intergalactic Space Travels price

High price
Low price
40
million
Zs
ATC
Pe
D = AR
0
Qe
Qc
MR
Universal Space Lines price

Low price
High price
MC
40
million
Zs
70
million
Zs
10
million
Zs
4
10
million
Zs
70
million
Zs
2
20
million
Zs
20
million
Zs
Figure 7.23 Game theory: the prisoners dilemma
Figure 7.22 Long-run equilibrium of the rm in monopolistic

competition
P
MC
a
Pe
MC1
ATC
MC2
profit
MR
0
P1
max
D = AR
Q
Q1
Q
MR
Figure 7.24 Prot maximisation by a price-xing cartel
Figure 7.25 The kinked demand curve
24

P
P1
P2
Q1
MR1
MR = MR1 + MR2
D2
D1
0
MC
(a) Market 1
Q2
(b) Market 2
MR2
Q
Q3
(c) Market 1 and market 2
Figure 7.26 Third-degree price discrimination
25
Chapter 8 The level of overall economic activity
in (
ho
n
tio
households
(consumers)
ip
rsh
eu
uc
land
, la
bo
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,
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pr
land, lab
our,
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cap
pren
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r
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resource
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a
t
nt
i
markets
p
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a
c
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of
com
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i
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,
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firms
(businesses)
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go
o
ds
an
ds
erv
ices
product
markets
es
ex
s
nue
reve
ds
goo
vic
er
s
and
Figure 8.1 Circular ow of income model in a closed economy with no

government
factor incomes
(wages, rents, interest, profit)
households
(consumers)
firms
(businesses)
consumer expenditure
(spending on goods and services)
di
en
sp
ng
o
tax
es
ni
mp
or t
ng
financial markets
t
en
tm
s
e
i nv
government
ern
gov
nt
spe
di
ng
ndi
ng
on
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orts
savi
me
en
sp
other countries
Figure 8.3 Circular ow of income model with leakages and injections
26

real GDP actually achieved
real GDP
peak contraction
peak
expansion
long term growth trend,

or potential GDP
trough
trough
time (years)
Figure 8.4 The business cycle
actual GDP > potential GDP;

there is an output gap:
unemployment < natural
rate of unemployment
expansion:
unemployment
falls
real GDP
contraction:
unemployment
increases
b
a
actual GDP
actual GDP < potential GDP; there is an

output gap: unemployment > natural
rate of unemployment
c
long term
growth trend, or
potential GDP =
full employment GDP;
unemployment =
natural rate of
unemployment
time (years)
Figure 8.5 Illustrating actual output, potential output and unemployment in the business cycle
27
Chapter 9 Aggregate demand and aggregate supply

(a) The aggregate demand curve
(a) The upward-sloping SRAS curve
price level
price level
SRAS
AD
0
real GDP
(b) Shifts in the aggregate demand curve
(b) Shifts in the SRAS curve
AD1
AD2
0
real GDP
(a) The economy with a deationary

(recessionary) gap
(b) The economy with an inationary gap
price level
SRAS
Ple
real GDP
Figure 9.2 The short-run aggregate supply curve (SRAS )
Figure 9.1 The aggregate demand (AD) curve
price level
SRAS3 SRAS
1 SRAS
2
price level
price level
AD3
0
real GDP
SRAS
Ple
(c) The economy at the full employment

level of output
price level
SRAS
Ple
AD
AD
Ye Yp
real GDP
Yp
Ye
real GDP
AD
Yp = Ye
real GDP
Figure 9.4 Three short-run equilibrium states of the economy
28

(a) Changes in aggregate demand
(b) Changes in short-run aggregate supply

SRAS3
Pl2
Pl1
Pl3
AD2
AD3
AD1
Y3 Y1 Y2
price level
price level
SRAS
SRAS1
SRAS2
Pl3
Pl1
Pl2
AD
Y3 Y1 Y2
real GDP
real GDP
Figure 9.5 Impacts of changes in short-run macroeconomic equilibrium
(a) Changes in aggregate demand
(b) Changes in short-run aggregate supply
LRAS
LRAS
SRAS2
SRAS1
Pl3
Pl1
AD3
Pl2
AD2
AD1
Pl2
SRAS3
Pl1
Pl3
AD
Yrec Yp Yinfl
recessionary
(deflationary) gap
price level
price level
SRAS
real GDP
inflationary
gap
Y2 Yp Y3
recession with
inflation
('stagflation')
real GDP
higher real
GDP with lower
price level
Figure 9.6 Possible causes of the business cycle
LRAS
price level
SRAS
AD
0
Yp
real GDP
Figure 9.7 The LRAS curve and long-run equilibrium in the monetarist/
new classical model
29

(a) Creating and eliminating a deationary gap
(b) Creating and eliminating an inationary gap

LRAS
LRAS
SRAS1
Pl1
Pl2
price level
price level
SRAS1
SRAS2
b
c
Pl3
Pl3
Pl2
Pl1
b
a
AD1
AD2
SRAS2
AD1
AD2
Yrec Yp
Yp Yinfl
real GDP
real GDP
Figure 9.8 Returning to long-run full employment equilibrium in the monetarist/new classical model
LRAS
Keynesian AS
Pl1
price level
price level
SRAS1
AD1
SRAS2
Pl2
section III
section II
AD2
section I
Yp
real GDP
(b) Inationary gap
(c) Full employment equilibrium

Keynesian AS
price level
Keynesian AS
price level
price level
Keynesian AS
real GDP
Figure 9.11 The Keynesian aggregate supply curve
Figure 9.9 Changes in long-run equilibrium in the monetarist/new

classical AD-AS model
(a) Recessionary (deationary) gap
Yp Ymax
AD
AD
AD
Ye
real GDP
Yp
Yp Ye
real GDP
Yp = Ye
real GDP
Figure 9.12 Three equilibrium states of the economy in the Keynesian model
30

(a) The monetarist/new classical model
(b) The Keynesian model

Keynesian AS
Pl1
Pl2
price level
price level
LRAS
AD3
Pl3
AD2
AD1
Yp
AD2
AD1
real GDP
Y1
Y2
AD3
AD4
Y3 Yp real GDP
Figure 9.13 Effects of increases in aggregate demand on real GDP and the price level

LRAS2
AS1
AS2
price level
price level
LRAS1
Yp2 real GDP
Yp1
Yp2 real GDP
Yp1
Figure 9.14 Increasing potential output, shifts in aggregate supply curves and long-term economic growth
AS1
LRAS2
SRAS1
SRAS2
Pl1
AD1
Y1
AD2
Y2
real GDP
AS2
price level
price level
LRAS1
AD2
AD1
Y1
Y2
real GDP
Figure 9.15 Long-term economic growth: achieving potential (full employment) output in a growing economy
31

Higher level topic
Keynesian AS
induced
spending
$8
million
Pl3
price level
price level
autonomous
spending
$24
million
$32 million
AD1
Y1
AD2
Y2
AD3
Y3
real GDP
Figure 9.17 Aggregate demand, real GDP and the multiplier in the
Keynesian model
Pl2
Pl1
AD1
Y1
AD2
Y2
real GDP
AD3
AD4
Y3
Figure 9.18 How the effect of the multiplier changes depending on the
price level
32
Chapter 10 Macroeconomic objectives I: Low unemployment, low and stable

rate of ination
P
S2
S1
S
price
P1
P2
price
P2
P1
D1
D2
0
Q2
Q1
(a) Fall in demand for a product produced

in a declining industry, or produced in
a local industry that relocates, causes
a fall in Q produced; employers re
workers with inappropriate skills or
local workers no longer needed due to
relocation
Q2
Q1
price of labour (wage)
Wm
We
(b) Labour market rigidities lead to an

increase in costs of production (supply
shifts to the left), causing a fall in
Q produced; employers hire fewer
workers
labour surplus =
unemployment
supply
of
labour
Qe Qs
Qd
quantity of labour
demand
for
labour
Q
(c) Minimum wage legislation and labour union

activities lead to higher than equilibrium wages
and lower quantity of labour demanded
Figure 10.1 Structural unemployment

Keynesian AS
SRAS
price level
price level
LRAS
Pl1
Pl2
AD1
Pl1
Pl2
AD1
AD2
AD2
Yrec Yp
Yrec
Yp
real GDP
real GDP
Figure 10.2 Cyclical unemployment
LRAS
AS
LRAS
Pl1
AD2
Pl2
Pl1
AD2
Yinfl
real GDP
Figure 10.4 Demand-pull ination
SRAS1
Pl2
Pl1
AD1
AD1
Yp
price level
Pl2
price level
price level
SRAS
SRAS2
AD1
0
Yp Yinfl
real GDP
Yrec
Yp
real GDP
Figure 10.5 Cost-push ination
33

Higher level topic
(b) The reasoning behind SRAS shifts in

terms of the AD-AS model
(a) The shifting Phillips curve
price level
rate of inflation
SRAS3
c
b
a
PC3
PC2
PC1
unemployment rate
Pl3
SRAS2
Pl2
SRAS1
b
a
Pl1
AD
0
Y3 Y2 Y1
real GDP
Figure 10.7 Stagation: outward shifts of the short-run Phillips curve due to decreasing SRAS
(a) The shape of the LRPC and SRPC
(b) The reasoning behind the two curves in

terms of the AD-AS model
LRAS
SRAS2
9%
7%
5%
0
c
b
SRPC2
SRPC1
3% 5%
unemployment rate
price level
rate of inflation
LRPC
Pl3
c
b SRAS1
Pl2
Pl1
AD2
AD1
Yp Yinfl
real GDP
5% = natural rate
of unemployment
Figure 10.8 The short-run and long-run Phillips curves
34
Chapter 11 Macroeconomic objectives II: Economic growth and equity in the

distribution of income
100
B
A
0
(b) Economic growth as an increase in production possibilities

caused by increases in resource quantities or improvements in
resource quality
cumulative percentage of income
(a) Economic growth as an increase in actual output caused by

reductions in unemployment and productive inefciency
80
60
Belarus
f
20
e
a
0
40
perfect
income
equality
c
Bolivia
40
80
20
60
cumulative percentage of population
100
Figure 11.3 Lorenz curves: Belarus achieves greater income equality than
Bolivia
100
PPC1 PPC2 PPC3 X
Figure 11.1 Using the production possibilities model to illustrate economic

growth
cumulative percentage of income
80
60
perfect income
equality
increased income
equality after
redistribution
40
20
before
redistribution
40
80
20
60
cumulative percentage of population
100
Figure 11.4 Lorenz curves and income redistribution
35
Chapter 12 Demand-side and supply-side policies

LRAS
price level
price level
LRAS
SRAS
Pl2
Pl1
AD2
SRAS
Pl1
Pl2
AD1
AD2
AD1
Yrec Yp
real GDP
Yp Yinfl real GDP

potential output

AS
Pl2
Pl1
price level
price level
Keynesian AS
Pl1
Pl2
AD1
AD2
AD2
AD1
Yrec
Figure 12.1 Effects of expansionary policy: eliminating a recessionary

(deationary) gap
price level
(a)
potential output
Figure 12.2 Effects of contractionary policy: eliminating an

inationary gap
(b)
Partial crowding out
due to G
SRAS
due to I
AD2
Complete crowding out
Y2
AD2
AD1
AD1
Y1 Y3
real GDP
SRAS
due to G
due to I
AD3
Yp Yinfl real GDP
Yp real GDP
price level
Y1
Y2
real GDP
Figure 12.3 Crowding out of private investment
36

(a) Equilibrium rate of interest
(b) Changes in the supply of money cause

changes in the equilibrium rate of interest
Sm3
rate of interest
rate of interest
Sm
i
Dm
0
Qe
quantity of money
Sm1
Sm2
i3
i1
i2
0
Dm
Q3
Q1 Q2
quantity of money
Figure 12.4 The money market and determination of the rate of interest
37
(a) Country A: absolute

advantage in good Y;
Country B: absolute
advantage in good X
(b) Country A: comparative

advantage in good Y;
Country B: comparative
advantage in good X
good Y
Chapter 13 International trade
good Y
good Y
0
country A
country B
good X
country As PPC
country Bs PPC
good X
country A
country B
Figure 13.5 Identical opportunity costs:

no gains from trade
good X
Figure 13.3 Absolute and comparative advantage

Opportunity cost of cotton
Opportunity cost of microchips
(2)
Microchips
(3)
(4)
Production possibilities when each

country produces only cotton or
only microchips
(1)
Cotton
Cottonia
Microchippia
20
or
10
10 units of microchips 1
=
20 units of cotton
2
20 units of cotton
=2
10 units of microchips
25
or
50
50 units of microchips
=2
25 units of cotton
25 units of cotton
1
=
50 units of microchips 2
Table 13.2 Comparative advantage

(a) Cottonia exports 10 units of cotton and
imports 10 units of microchips
25
25
cotton
20
Microchippias PPC
15
15
B consumption
10
5
10
5
cotton
20 A production
Cottonias
PPC
10 20 30 40 50 60
microchips
10 20 30 40 50
microchips
(b) Microchippia exports 10 units of

microchips and imports 10 units of cotton
25
20
cotton
Figure 13.2 Comparative advantage
15
10
5
0
D consumption
C production
10 20 30 40 50
microchips
Figure 13.4 The gains from specialisation and trade based on comparative
advantage: both countries consume outside their PPC
38

(a) Effects on imports
Sd =
domestic
supply
Pd
Pw + t
government revenue
world price + tariff
Pw
world price =
world supply curve
tariff
Q1
Q3
Q2
Q4
Dd = domestic demand
Q1
Q3
Q2
imports without quota
domestic supply
b
e
a
d
tariff
world price =
world supply curve
Q2
Q3
Q4
Sd = domestic supply
P
a
world price + tariff
Q1
Q4
(b) Welfare effects
Sd =
welfare loss = d + f
world price =
world supply curve
Pw
imports without tariff
plus quota
Pq
imports with quota
Pw g
Sdq = domestic supply
quota
quota
revenue
imports with tariff
(b) Welfare effects
Pw + t
(a) Effects on imports
Pq
Pw g
b
c
Sdq = domestic supply

plus quota
quota
d e
welfare loss = d + e + f
e f
world price =
world supply curve
imports with tariff
imports without tariff
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
imports with quota

imports without quota
Figure 13.9 Effects of a quota
Figure 13.7 Effects of a tariff
(a) Production subsidy: quantity of imports falls
Sds = domestic
subsidy
Ps
supply minus subsidy

world price =
world supply curve
Pw
0
Q1
Q3
Q2
imports after subsidy

imports before subsidy
Figure 13.11 Production subsidies
39
Chapter 14 Exchange rates and the balance of payments

(a) Demand for $ increases: $ appreciates
per $ = price of $ in terms of
per $ = price of $ in terms of
(a) The market for US dollars

S of $
excess supply of $
(dollars)
0.80
equilibrium
exchange rate
0.67
0.50
excess demand for $
D for $
(dollars)
Q of $ (dollars)
2.00
equilibrium
exchange rate
1.50
1.25
D for
excess demand for
(euros)
Q of (euros)
$ per bople = price of boples in terms of $
(a) Shifting the currency demand curve
2. central bank buys excess

boples, increasing demand
for boples
1. fall in demand for Bopland's

exports reduces demand
for boples
C
D2 for boples
D2 for $
D1 for $
0
Q of $ (dollars)
S1 of
S2 of
1.50
1.11
D for
0
Q of (euros)
Figure 14.2 Exchange rate changes in a freely oating exchange rate system
(b) Shifting the currency supply curve
S of boples
0.67
$ per = price of in terms of $
(euros)
Q of boples
D1 for boples
$ per bople = price of boples in terms of $
$ per = price of in terms of $
S of
excess supply of
Figure 14.1 Exchange rate determination in a freely oating exchange

rate system
2.00
1.50
0.90
(b) Supply of increases: depreciates
(b) The market for euros
S of $
S1 of boples
S2
2.00
2. imports are reduced,

therefore the supply
of boples falls
1. fall in demand for Bopland's

exports reduces demand
for bople
D2 for boples
0
D1 for boples
Q of boples
Figure 14.3 Fixed exchange rates: maintaining the value of the bople at 1 bople = $2.00
40

(a) With a trade decit, country consumes outside its PPC
good A
PPC
good B
good A
(b) With a trade surplus, country consumes inside its PPC
D
PPC
good B
Figure 14.6 Using a PPC to illustrate a trade decit and a trade surplus
41
Chapter 15 Economic integration and the terms of trade

Higher level topic
global price of internationally

traded good
S
global supply
of wheat
P2
P1
D2
global demand
D1 for wheat
P3
D3
0
Q3
Q1
Q2
quantity of internationally
traded good
global price of internationally

traded good
(b) Changes in global supply: effects of terms of trade changes on

the balance of trade depend on PEDs for exports and imports
(a) Changes in global demand: terms of trade and

balance of trade change in same direction
S3
S1
global supply
P3
S2
P1
P2
global demand
D
Q3 Q1
Q2
quantity of internationally
traded good
Figure 15.1 Changes in global demand or supply: terms of trade impacts on the balance of trade
S1
S2
P1
P2
D2
D1
0
Figure 15.2 Long-term declines in primary product prices due to low

growth in demand (due to low YEDs) and high growth in supply
(due to technological advances)
42
Chapter 16 Understanding economic development
industrial goods
AB: no economic growth with some development

BC: economic growth with no development
BD or E: economic growth with development
C
D
A
B
PPC1
E
PPC2
merit goods
Figure 16.1 Economic growth and economic development
low
income
low
savings
low
investment
low physical
capital
low growth
in income
low
human
capital
low natural
capital
low productivity
of labour
and land
Figure 16.2 The poverty cycle (poverty trap)
43
World Bank country classication

The World Bank classifies countries into four groups
according to income levels (based on 2008 GNI per
capita):
Economically less developed countries:
low income, with GNI per capita of US$975 or less
lower middle income, with GNI per capita of
$976$3855
upper middle income, with GNI per capita of
$3856$11 905.
Economically more developed countries:
high income, with GNI per capita of $11 906 or
more.
Table 16 World Bank country groups by 2008 GNI per capita
Low income economies

Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Central
African Rep.
Chad
Comoros
Congo, Dem.
Rep.
Eritrea
Lower middle income economies

Albania
Guatemala
Angola
Guyana
Armenia
Honduras
Vietnam
Bhutan
Bolivia
Cameroon
India
Indonesia
Iran, Islamic
Rep.
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Pakistan
Niger
Rwanda
Yemen, Rep.
Zambia
Cape Verde
China
Iraq
Jordan
Senegal
Zimbabwe
Congo, Rep.
Cte dIvoire
Djibouti
Kazakhstan
Kiribati
Kosovo
Palau
Papua New
Guinea
Paraguay
Philippines
Samoa
Ecuador
Lesotho
Egypt, Arab
Rep.
El Salvador
Macedonia,
FYR
Maldives
Ethiopia
Gambia, The
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mongolia
Mozambique
Myanmar
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Togo
Uganda
Uzbekistan
Korea, Dem.
Rep.
Kyrgyz Rep.
Lao PDR
Nepal
Liberia
Marshall
Islands
Micronesia,
Fed. Sts
Morocco
Sudan
Swaziland
Syrian Arab
Republic
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Vanuatu
West Bank
and Gaza
So Tom and
Principe
Solomon
Islands
Sri Lanka
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Chapter 2 Competitive markets: demand and supply

price of chocolate bars ($)

(a) Demand of consumer A

(b) Demand curve of consumer B

(c) Market demand

Figure 2.2 Market demand as the sum of individual demands

(a) A movement along the demand curve,

(b) A shift of a demand curve, caused by a change in

Figure 2.4 Movements along and shifts of the demand curve

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(c) Market supply

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Figure 2.6 Market supply as the sum of individual supplies

(a) A movement along the supply curve,

(b) A shift of the supply curve, caused by a

price of chocolate bars ($)

Figure 2.8 Movements along and shifts of the supply curve

Figure 2.9 Market equilibrium

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(b) Decrease in demand

(a) Increase in supply

(b) Decrease in supply

(a) Adjustment of price to increased demand

Figure 2.16 Price as a signal and incentive

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Figure 2.12 Shifts of the demand curve (changes in a in the

Figure 2.14 Shifts of the supply curve (changes in c in the supply

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(a) Price inelastic demand: 0 < PED <1

(b) Price elastic demand: 1 < PED <

(d) Perfectly inelastic demand: PED = 0

(e) Pefectly elastic demand: PED =

(c) Unit elastic demand: PED = 1

Figure 3.2 Variability of PED along a straight-line demand curve

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(c) PED = 1 (unit elastic demand)

(b) PED < 1 (inelastic demand)

Figure 3.5 PED and total revenue

(a) Primary commodities: supply shifts with inelastic demand

(b) Manufactured products: supply shifts with elastic demand

(a) Inelastic demand

(b) Elastic demand

Figure 3.7 PED, indirect taxes and government tax revenue

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(b) Complements and XED : demand for tennis balls

Figure 3.8 Cross-price elasticities

(a) Price inelastic supply: PES < 1

(b) Price elastic supply: PES > 1

(c) Unit elastic supply: PES = 1