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Change: rate for firms to even think about taking the risk.rate. The real interest rate: Business only invest when the rate of return is greater than the interest rate (r>i) Ex: Taking out a loan for a 1000 dollar
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Change: not so good,poor, they won't increase their investment. cause the investment demand curve to shift to the left If businesses expect profits in the future, then they will increase their investment. cause the investment demand curve to shift to the right. The expected rate of
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Change: ththe real interest rate for firms to even think about taking the risk. The real interest rate: Business only invest when the rate of return is greater than the interest rate (r>i) Ex: Taking out a loan for a 1000
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Change: (aka profits or r)(r) The marginal cost is the interest rate (i) that must be paid for borrowed funds; the two are the determinants of investment spending. An investment is made if the expected rate of return exceeds
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Change: Inventory that isn't moving costs the firm money for every second it sits on the shelf, so it would obviously be ill-advised to invest without moving inventory. Expectations: if businesses expect the future sales, future operating costs, and
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Change: Expected rate of return must be greater than th real interest rate for firms to even think about taking the risk. The real interest rate: Business only invest when the rate of return is greater than the interest rate (r>i) Ex: Taking out a
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Mar 2 2008, 3:43 AM EST
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Change: Depending on expectations for the future, a firm may choose to fix capital rather than purchase new units, thus spending less. Irregularity of innovation When there is a new advancement in technology, this causes a surge in capital investment; however, innovation occurs at irregular times Variability of Profits Future
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Mar 1 2008, 3:10 PM EST
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Change: The expected rate of return on capital investment depends on the firm’s expectations of future sales, future operating costs, and future profitability of the product that the capital helps produce Instability of Investment Durability Since investments are durable, they can be reused. During hard times, firms
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Mar 1 2008, 10:48 AM EST
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Change: i). Investments are not made when interest rate exceeds the expected rate of return (r < i) Expected rate of return: Businesses only make investments when they expect to recieve profits. r = (TR - cost of investment) / cost of investment No guarantees of profits. Firms
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Change: Marginal-benefit, marginal-cost rule is applied to determine which investment projects should be undertaken there is an inverse relationship between the interest rate (price) and dollar quantity of investment demanded We apply the rule of undertaking all investment up to
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Change: rise,fall, expected rate of return from prospective investment decreaseincrease causes the investment demand curve to shift to the right Business taxes: An increase in business taxes results in decreasing expected profitability of investments causes the investment demand curve to shift to the left A decrease
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Change: increasedecrease causes the investment demand curve to shift to the right Business taxes: An increase in business taxes results in decreasing expected profitability of investments causes the investment demand curve to shift to the left A decrease in business taxes results
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Change: return:return: Businesses only make investments when they expect to recieve profits. r = (TR - cost of investment) / cost of investment No guarantees of profits. Firms are risk takers. The real interest rate:rate: Business only invest when the rate
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Feb 28 2008, 9:19 AM EST
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Change: betweenthebetween the interest rate (price) and dollar quantity of investment demanded We apply the rule of undertaking all investment up to the point where the expected rate of return, r, equals the interest rate, i. Investment demand at one level includes
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Change: Generally, any factor that leads businesses collectively to expect greater rates of return on their investments increases investment demand Acquisition, maintenance and operating costs: When these costs increase, expected rate of return from prospective investment decreases causes the investment demand curve to shift to the left When costs
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Change: when the rate of return is greater than the interest rate (r>i) Ex: Taking out a loan for a 1000 dollar machine. If the interest rate is 7%, you pay $70 dollars in interest (1000 x 0.07). If the rate of return inis 10%, then you
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Change: When firms are running low with capital goods, firms tend to increase investment, therefore, shifting the ID curve to the right expectations:Expectations: if businesses expect the future sales, future operating costs, and future profitability to be not so good, they won't increase their investment. cause the investment
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Change: expectedexpect there to be profits. r = (TR - cost of investment) / cost of investment No guarantees of profits. Firms are risk takers.The real interest rate: An investment should be undertaken if the rate of return is greater than the interest rate Ex: Taking
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Change: opposite Variability of Expectations Businesses tend to react to future expectations but that is unpredictable and can change quickly The stock market helps as one of the indicators of society's confidence in businesses so this influences the decisions made by firms. However, stocks themselves are unpredictable and fluctuates greatly.
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Change: their investment. cause the investment demand curve to shift to the leftif businesses expect profits in the future, then they will increase their investment.cause the investment demand curve to shift to the right. Instability of InvestmentDurabilityIrregularity of innovationVariability of ProfitsVariability of Expectations
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