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Transcript In groups of 3 - 4 discuss and answer the questions below
IN GROUPS OF 3 - 4 DISCUSS AND
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW
.
WHAT IS AGGREGATE SUPPLY?
WHAT DOES SUPPLY SIDE REFER TOO?
WHAT WOULD SUPPLY SIDE POLICIES
BE?
HOW COULD THESE POLICIES
INFLUENCE SUPPLY?
SLO: Describe supply-side
policies and apply then to
economic models of
growth
SUPPLY SIDE MICRO-ECONOMIC
POLICY
Supply side= Policies that are directed at influencing supply in markets.
Supply side policies will be focused on encouraging
people to produce (supply) goods and services e.g.
Lowering income tax
Lowering capital gains tax rates,
reducing regulation ( removing rules that restrict producers)
According to supply-side economics, consumers will
then benefit from a greater supply of goods and
services at lower prices.
NZ SUPPLY-SIDE POLICY HISTORY
Tended to concentrate over the past 20years on state
sector reform (Selling of government owned
enterprises) and increasing deregulation of industry.
Arguments for supply side policies
The private sector producers can operate more efficiently
than the state sector can.
Private sector producers operate more efficiently with fewer
rules and regulations
State resources are more appropriately used to provide public
and merit goods (health, education, roads, and welfare) than
private goods (banking and communication)
Impact of micro-economic
reform on growth
More efficient producers
Lowers cost of production
Increased production =
Increase in GDP =
Economic Growth
EXAMPLE. PRIVATISATION OF
TELEPHONE SERVICES
Privatisation =Transferring ownership from the government to private firms.
Market for Goods
Price $
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Privatisation often
lead to
reduced costs
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HOW DOES PRIVATISATION LEAD TO
DECREASED COSTS FOR PRODUCERS?
There is a difference in incentives between public and
private sectors.
A tax-funded government business has a monopoly (the only
producer in the market) and thus has guaranteed revenues,
regardless of performance. And its workers are protected
both by unionization and by a civil service system which
virtually guarantees continued employment and pay
increases, regardless of performance.
A private firm in a competitive market must win over its
customers by offering them a superior combination of
performance and price. If it fails to deliver adequately, its
customers can go elsewhere.
Private firms producing public services – even firms which
competitively win exclusive contracts for a number of
years – therefore operate far more efficiently than
government monopolies.
MICRO ECONOMIC
REFORMS IN 1980S-1990S
The Financial Sector
Removed interest rate controls
NZ dollar floated
Government departments co-oporatised then privatised
Post office split to – NZ Post, Post bank and telecom
Railways were corporatised then sold
Labour Market freed up
Employment contracts act 1991
Trade protection policies removed
Removal Tarriffs and Quotas
Welfare benefits reduced
Health Sector Reformed
Try to make it operate more efficiently using business type model
EXERCISE BOOKS PAGE 154-155
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