Use the Following Table to Illustrate the Importance of Macroeconomic

question 55

Essay

Use the following table to illustrate the importance of macroeconomic policy coordination. Show that the two governments would have been happier if the two of them had adopted looser monetary policies, but given the policies that the other government did adopt, it is not in the interest of any individual government to change its course. Assume that each country wishes to get the biggest reduction in inflation rate at the lowest cost in terms of unemployment. This means that each country maximizes-ΔΠ/ΔU, the inflation reduction per point of increased unemployment.

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Definitions:

Entrepreneur's Forgone Interest

The potential income an entrepreneur sacrifices by investing resources in their own business rather than applying them elsewhere.

Marginal Product

The additional output resulting from the use of one more unit of a factor of production, holding other factors constant.

Marginal Cost

Refers to the increase in total cost that arises from producing one additional unit of a good or service.

Short-Run Cost Curves

Graphical representations that show how a firm's costs vary with output level in the short term, where at least one factor of production is fixed.