Production-income are identical. Income generates demand for production. Production generates income.
Assume a closed economy. No export. No import.
is the disposable income.
is the consumption.
is the taxes.
Consumption can be assumed to increase linearly with increase in disposable income. The slope is called .
Assume that investment is exogenous for simplicity. That is, we do not have an investment function.
Government expenditure or spending . Assume exogenous also.
, combined, are called fiscal policy instruments. (also subsidy)
Aggregate demand,
Consider the goods market.
Equilibrium condition is, . Demand is met by production. In equilibrium, (production) equals demand . Demand in turn depends on income, which is itself equal to production.
is the marginal propensity to consume. Since lies between 0 and 1, .
is positive, while is negative. If the former is greater than the absolute value of the latter, then the combined term is positive. Else negative.
. Assume government has balanced budget (i.e: ). Then, .
When the government incurs a budget deficit. That is, . Then, and thus .
Budget surplus, means .
The first term is called multiplier. Because it magnifies the initial shock.
Plots.
Income on the x axis (which is equal to production) and production on the y axis and Z as well on the y axis. The intersection of the two curves (one of them 45 degrees), is the equilibrium point.
If propensity to consume increases, say from 0.6 to 0.7, the multiplier will increase. Higher , higher the multiplier.
When expenditure increases, it immediately generates an increase in aggregate demand. When demand in creases firms produce more, producing additional income. This income increases the aggregate demand.