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Supply side policies work booklet
1. AS Economics S-S Policies Unit 2
SUPPLY-SIDE POLICIES
Your exam requirements:
Candidates should understand how supply-side policies, such as tax
changes designed to change personal incentives, may increase the
potential output of the economy and improve the underlying trend rate of economic
growth.
They should appreciate how supply-side policies also affect the level of unemployment,
the rate of change of prices, and UK external performance as reflected in the balance of
payments on current account. Supply-side policies need to be linked to the relevant
parts of sections 3.2.2 and 3.2.3.
Candidates should recognise that supply-side improvements in the economy need not
necessarily rely on government policy initiatives, but may originate in the business
sector independently of government, e.g. productivity improvements, innovation and
investment.
KEY CONCEPTS
Long Run Aggregate Supply
Incentives for People and Businesses
Productivity and Efficiency
The economy’s productive potential
Capital Investment and infrastructure
Research and development
Product and Process Innovation
Skills / Human Capital / Flexibility
Competitive Markets / market deregulation
Long run (underlying) economic growth
Non-inflationary growth
2. AS Economics S-S Policies Unit 2
What are Supply-Side Policies?
Supply-side policies: a range of measures designed to increase _________________
____________ and hence the potential _____________ of the economy.
In reality though, many improvements may come from the private sector so we could
argue that the role of government is to promote the ideal conditions in which such
improvements can flourish, helping to remove market imperfections and restrictions so
that the economy can operate in a more efficient manner.
There are 2 broad approaches to improving the supply side:
The L________ market: an example of a factor market, in this case where _________ is
bought and sold.
P___________markets: markets in which all kinds of goods and services are traded, e.g.
market for airline travel or for mobile phones.
EXAM TIP!!
Candidates may be asked to explain, analyse and/ or evaluate the effect on
macroeconomic performance of supply-side policies.
Candidates need an understanding of the vertical LRAS curve, as well as the Keynesian
‘inverted L’. Supply-side policies lead to a rightward shift of the LRAS curve and
analysis / evaluation can focus on the impact upon macroeconomic objectives /
performance
3. AS Economics S-S Policies Unit 2
Productivity -
better living
standards
Platform for Growth
long-term without
growth inflation
Long term
importance
for the
economy
Increased tax
revenues for
state spending
4. AS Economics S-S Policies Unit 2
MATCH THE SUPPLY SIDE POLICY TO ITS CORRECT DESCRIPTION:
Supply-side policy Description
Labour market measures Including reducing state welfare benefits to
create and incentive to choose low-paid
employment rather than unemployment
Tax reforms Including deregulating financial markets,
promoting greater competition amongst
banks, promoting an ‘enterprise culture’,
encouraging saving with special task
privileges, encouraging wider share
ownership
Reform of the welfare state Such as privatisation, deregulation &
contracting out
Industrial and competition policy measures Including improving education & training,
reducing the power of trade unions,
introducing profit related performance
related pay & encouraging more flexible
pension arrangements
Financial and capital market measures Reducing the overall burden of income tax
and replacing direct taxes with indirect
taxes
5. AS Economics S-S Policies Unit 2
SHOWING THE EFFECTS OF SUPPLY-SIDE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ECONOMY
Supply-side factors often help to explain why it is that some countries grow faster than
others.
In a world of globalisation, it is becoming clearer that maintaining and improving
competitiveness is vital in achieving success in international markets. A rising share of
GDP in most countries is devoted to international trade.
Markets are becoming more competitive and those countries whose supply-side lets
those down can find a rising level of import penetration into their domestic markets and
a weak export performance in goods and services.
6. AS Economics S-S Policies Unit 2
Supply side improvements can also be shown using a:
PRODUCTION POSSIBILITY FRONTIER -
Supply side policies and productivity
It is important to recognise that the supply-side does not operate in isolation from
changes in aggregate demand. If there is insufficient AD, it is unlikely that better supply-
side performance can be achieved over a number of years. Equally, if aggregate demand
grows too quickly, acceleration in wage and price inflation might require deflationary
policies that ultimately harm a country’s productive potential.
EVALUATING SUPPLY-SIDE STRATEGIES
Long time ____
Level of __________ is important in making investment and innovation viable
Some risk of over investment leaving excess ____________
Government intervention to ‘pick winners’ in different industries may be ineffective
________________ issues if policies aim to raise a country’s long term growth rate
WHAT ABOUT THE UK’S PERFORMANCE?
SEE GRAPHS BELOW…
7. AS Economics S-S Policies Unit 2
The theory that you require…
INDUSTRIAL AND COMPETITION POLICY
MEASURES
Privatisation
Over the last twenty-five years, many former state-owned businesses have been
privatised – i.e. they have transferred from the public sector into the private sector.
Examples in Britain include British Gas, British Telecom, British Airways, British Steel,
British Aerospace, the regional water companies, the main electricity generators and
distributors, and the Railways.
Privatisation is designed to break up state monopolies and create more competition.
The government also created utility regulators who have imposed price controls on
many of these industries and who are now over-seeing the move towards competitive
markets in areas such as gas and electricity supply and telecommunications.
Deregulation of Markets
De-regulation or liberalisation means the opening up of markets to greater
competition.
The aim of this is to increase market supply (driving prices down) and widen the range
of choice available to consumers.
The discipline of competition should also lead to greater cost efficiency from producers
– who are keen to hold onto their existing market share.
8. AS Economics S-S Policies Unit 2
Good examples of deregulation to use include: urban bus transport, parcel delivery
services, mortgage lending, telecommunications, and gas and electricity supply.
Toughening up of Competition Policy
Most supply-side economists believe in the dynamic effects of greater competition and
that competition forces business to become more efficient in the way in which they use
scarce resources.
This reduces costs which can be passed down to consumers in the form of lower prices.
A tougher competition policy regime includes policies designed to curb anti-competitive
practices such as price-fixing cartels and other abuses of a dominant market position –
in other words – intervention to curb some of the market
failure that can come from monopoly power.
A commitment to free international trade
Trade between nations creates competition and should be a catalyst for improvements
in costs and lower prices for consumers. The UK government is committed to an
expansion of free trade within the European Single Market and also to negotiating a
liberalisation of trade in the global economy as part of its membership of the World
Trade Organisation. For example, it wants to see further reforms of the Common
Agricultural Policy as a stepping-stone to global trade agreements between Europe, the
United States and developing countries.
FINANCIAL AND CAPITAL MARKET MEASURES
Measures to encourage small business start-ups /
entrepreneurship
The small businesses of today can often become the larger
businesses of tomorrow, adding to national output, employing
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more workers and contributing to innovative behaviour that can have positive spill-over
effects in other industries.
Governments of all political persuasion argue that they want to promote an
entrepreneurial culture and to increase the rate of new business start-ups. Supply side
policies include loan guarantees for new businesses; regional policy assistance for
entrepreneurs in depressed areas of the country; advice for new firms
Capital investment and innovation
Capital spending by firms adds to aggregate demand (C+I+G+(X-M)) but also has an
important effect on long run aggregate supply. Supply side policies would include tax
relief on research and development and reductions in the rate of corporation tax.
Ireland is a good example of a country inside the EU that has benefited hugely from
cutting company taxes which has led to a large rise in foreign direct investment. One of
the new countries joining the EU in 2004, Estonia, has cut its corporation tax rate to zero
per cent (0%) in a deliberate attempt to attract new investment and stimulate economic
growth and employment. There are now big differences in corporation tax rates among
the twenty five nations of the European Union.
Corporate Tax Rates in the European Union in 2004
Estonia 0.0% Luxembourg 30.0%
Ireland 12.5% Denmark 30.0%
Lithuania 15.0% Czech Rep. 31.0%
Cyprus 15.0% Portugal 33.0%
Latvia 19.0% Austria 34.0%
Slovakia 19.0% Belgium 34.0%
Poland 19.0% Italy 34.0%
Hungary 20.0% Netherlands 34.5%
Slovenia 25.0% Spain 35.0%
Sweden 28.0% Greece 35.0%
Finland 29.0% France 35.4%
UK 30.0% Germany 38.7%
10. AS Economics S-S Policies Unit 2
The issue of incentives is crucial for if inventions and innovations can be widely and
easily copied and implemented, then the rewards to those engaged in cutting-edge
research might be diluted leading to a decrease in the willingness of entrepreneurs to
take risks.
Innovation and Economic Growth
‘A dynamic environment with opportunities for enterprise and innovation is vital to
improving economic performance. New businesses entering the marketplace increase
competitive pressures facilitating the introduction of new ideas and technologies. The
Government is therefore committed to supporting enterprise and innovation
throughout the economy, including in Britain’s most disadvantaged areas.’
Source: Government Spending Review Statement, July 2002
LABOUR MARKET MEASURES
These policies are designed to improve the quality and quantity of the supply of labour
available to the economy. They seek to make the British labour market more flexible so
that it is better able to match the labour force to the demands placed upon it by
employers in expanding sectors thereby reducing the risk of structural unemployment.
An expansion in the UK’s total labour supply increases the productive potential of an
economy. That expansion in the supply of people willing and able to work can come
from several sources for example: encouraging older people to stay in the workforce; a
relaxed approach to labour migration and measures to get non-working parents to
actively look for work.
Trade Union Reforms
Many of the traditional legal protections enjoyed by the
trade unions have been taken away – including
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restrictions on their ability to take industrial action and enter into restrictive practices
agreements with employers.
The result has been a decrease in strike action in virtually every industry and a
significant improvement in industrial relations in the UK.
Increased Spending on Education and Training
Economists disagree about the scale of the likely economic and social returns to be
earned from higher spending on education – but few of them deny that “investment in
education” has the potential to raise the skills within the work force and improve the
employment prospects of thousands of unemployed workers.
The economic returns from extra education spending can vary according to the stage of
development that a country has achieved.
Government spending on education and training improves workers’ human capital.
Economies that have invested heavily in education are those that are well set for the
future.
Most economists agree, with the move away from industries that required manual skills
to those that need mental skills, that investment in education, and the retraining of
previously manual workers, is absolutely vital.
It should also be noted that improved training, especially for those who lose their job in
an old industry should improve the occupational mobility of workers in the economy.
This should help reduce the problem of structural unemployment. A well-educated
workforce acts as a magnet for foreign investment in the economy.
TAX REFORMS
Economists who support supply-side policies believe that
lower rates of income tax provide a short-term boost to
demand, and they improve incentives for people to work
longer hours or take a new job – because they get to keep
a higher percentage of the money they earn.
Attention has focused in recent years on lower income households. In the mid 1990s, a
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lower starting rate of tax of 10% was introduced and the band of income on which this is
paid has been widened in recent Budgets. Cutting tax rates for lower paid workers may
help to reduce the extent of the ‘unemployment trap’ – where people calculate that
they may be no better off from working than if they stay outside the labour force.
Do lower taxes really help to increase the active labour supply in the economy? It seems
obvious that lower taxes should boost the incentive to work because tax cuts increase
the reward from a job. But some people may choose to work the same number of hours
and simply take a rise in their post-tax income! Millions of other workers have little
choice over the hours that they work.