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Rent, Interest, and Profit
Chapter 14
McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2009 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
Chapter Objectives
• Economic rent• The loanable funds theory • Interest rate variation• Economic profits• Distribution of U.S. earnings
14-2
Economic Rent
• Price paid for land and other natural resources
• Perfectly inelasticity supply
• Changes in demand
• A surplus payment
14-3
Determination of Land Rent
Acres of Land
Lan
d R
ent
(Do
llar
s)
L0
D1
D2
D3
D4
S
R1
R2
R3
0a b
14-4
Economic Rent
• Application: a single tax on land–Henry George’s proposal–Single tax movement–Criticisms
• Productivity differences• Alternative uses of land
14-5
Interest
• Price paid for use of money• Stated as a percentage• Money is not a resource• Loanable funds theory
–Supply of loanable funds–Demand for loanable funds
14-6
Market For Loanable Funds
Quantity of Loanable Funds
Inte
rest
Rat
e (P
erce
nt)
0
D
S
i=8%
F0
The equilibrium interest rate
14-7
Loanable Funds Theory
• Extending the model• Financial institutions• Changes in supply
–Household thrift
• Changes in demand–Rate of return on investment
• Other participants14-8
Time-Value of Money
• Money more valuable the sooner it is obtained–Ability to earn interest
–Compound interest
• Future value
• Present value
14-9
Range of Interest Rates
• There are many interest rates• Why do interest rates differ?
–Risk–Maturity–Loan size–Taxability
• Pure rate of interest
14-10
Role of the Interest Rate
• Relationship to–Total output–Allocation of capital–R&D spending
• Nominal and real rates• Application: Usury Laws
–Nonmarket rationing–Gainers and losers–Inefficiency
14-11
Nominal Interest Rates
Short-Term Interest Rate, 2007
New ZealandHungary
MexicoAustralia
United KingdomUnited StatesSouth Korea
CanadaSweden
SwitzerlandJapan
0 2 4 6 8 10
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development 14-12
Economic Profit
• Explicit costs• Implicit costs• Pure profit• Total revenue less explicit and
implicit costs• Role of the entrepreneur
–Normal profit14-13
Sources of Economic Profit
• Static economy• Risk and profit
–Insurable and uninsurable risks–Changes in economic environment,
structure of economy, government policy
• Innovations and profit• Monopoly and profit
14-14
Economic Profit
• Functions of profit–Profit and total output–Profit and resource allocation
• Income shares• Labor receives 70-80%• Rest is rent, interest, profit
14-15
The Price of Credit
• Effective interest rates• Discounting a loan• Repaying a loan in installments• Effects of compounding• Truth in Lending Act 1968• Truth in Savings Act 1991• Fees and teaser rates• Let the borrower beware
14-16
Key Terms
• economic rent• incentive function• single-tax movement• loanable funds theory
of interest• time-value of money• future value• present value• pure rate of interest• nominal interest rate• real interest rate
• usury laws• explicit costs• implicit costs• economic or pure
profit• normal profit• static economy• insurable risks• uninsurable risks
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