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LERNER INDEX: The difference between price (p) and marginal cost (mc) as a fraction of price, that is [p-mc]/p. The Lerner index is usually taken as an indicator of market power because the larger the index, the larger the difference between price and marginal cost, that is, the larger the distance between the price and the competitive price. The Lerner index depends on the elasticity of demand. The Lerner index is also called the price-cost margin.
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Lesson 13: Aggregate Demand | Unit 4: Determinants
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Expenditures by the household, business, government and foreign sector change over time, causing instability in the economy.- Economic instability found in complex economies, business cycles, can be traced to shifts of the aggregate demand curve.
- The ceteris paribus determinants of the aggregate demand curve are those things that disrupt equilibrium, and lead to macroeconomic instability.
Aggregate demand determinants are things, other than the price level, that affect aggregate demand.
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PLANNED ECONOMY An economy, or economic system, that relies heavily on central planning by government to allocate resources and answer the three basic questions of allocation. A planned economy is often a type of command economy, in which government uses its coercive powers to implement central planning allocation decisions.
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