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IDENTIFICATION LAG: In the context of economic policies, the time between a shock to the economy and realization that the shock has occurred. This is one of several policy lags that limit the effectiveness of stabilization policies designed to correct business-cycle fluctuations. This is also one of two inside lags. The other is an implementation lag. Also termed recognition lag, the identification lag emerges due to the time needed to measure economic activity. While the lag is generally positive, it actually can be negative through accurate forecasting techniques. When negative policies can be undertaken to correct a problem before it occurs.
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Lesson 9: Consumer Demand | Unit 2: Total Utility
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Utility Maximization
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- Utility maximization is the process of obtaining the highest possible level of utility from the consumption or use of goods and services.
- But what if spending 6 or 7 hours at the beach time is not possible. This brings up the notion of constrained utility maximization.
- Constrained utility maximization is the process of obtaining the highest possible level of utility from the consumption or use of goods and services, under given restrictions, when the highest overall level of utility cannot be reached.
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TAX EFFECTS The primary reason that governments collect taxes from members of society is to finance government operations and provide public goods. However, taxes also create disincentives to engage in the taxed activity, which causes a change in the allocation of resources. This two consequences of taxes are summarized in two essential tax effects -- the revenue effect and the allocation effect. While all taxes have both, the key to effective government is minimize the allocation effect if the goal is to generate revenue and to minimize the revenue effect if the goal is to change the allocation of resources.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time strolling through a department store seeking to buy either a wall poster commemorating the 2000 Olympics or a flower arrangement with a lot of roses for your grandmother. Be on the lookout for infected paper cuts. Your Complete Scope
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Only 1% of the U.S. population paid income taxes when the income tax was established in 1914.
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"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there." -- Leslie Poles Hartley, Writer
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FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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