Exercises · Q9
Q.Explain, with an example, how a stock variable and its corresponding flow variable are related to each other.
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →A stock and its corresponding flow are two sides of the same underlying quantity, viewed differently in time:
- A stock is like a photograph — it captures the quantity at one instant.
- A flow is like a video — it captures how the quantity changes over an interval.
Example — Wealth and Saving: a household's wealth (stock) at the end of a year equals its wealth at the start of the year, plus whatever part of the year's income (flow) it did not consume, i.e., its saving during the year:
Similarly, Capital (stock) at the end of the year equals capital at the start of the year plus Investment (flow) during the year — investment is precisely defined as the addition made to the capital stock during a period:
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