Chapter 1-5 Flashcards

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What is economics?

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the study of how humans make decisions in the face of scarcity

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What is scarcity?

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The human want for goods and services exceeds what’s available

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3
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What are Command Economies?

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a single entity decides how labor and resources are distributed.

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4
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What is Microeconomics?

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The study of decisions made by households and firms

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5
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What is Macroeconomics?

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The study of the economy as a whole.

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6
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What is the Budget Constraint Model?

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A model illustrating the range of choices you can make between two goods within a particular budget.

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What is the Production Possibilities Frontier?

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a model showing the tradeoff between two goods a society can specialize in

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What is the Law of Diminishing Return?

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As additional resources are devoted to producing a good or service, the marginal benefit from that increment is declining

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9
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What is Productive Efficiency?

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it is impossible to produce more of one good without decreasing the output of another good.

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10
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What is Allocative Efficiency?

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the bundle of goods that maximizes society’s desires.

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11
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What are Sunk Costs?

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Costs that are made in the past and cannot be recovered

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12
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What are Positive Statements?

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facts or things that can be proven to be facts

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13
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What are Normative Statements?

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A statement that describes how the world “should be”

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14
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What is a Demand Schedule?

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a table that shows the quantity demanded at each price.

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15
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What is a Demand Curve?

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a graph that shows the quantity demanded at each price

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16
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What is the Law of Demand?

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As price increases quantity demanded decreases.

17
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What is the Law of Supply?

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as price increases, quantity supplied increases

18
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What are the factors that shift the demand curve?

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Change in preferences
Change in the composition of the population
Changes in price
Change in income

19
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What are normal goods?

A

a good that you buy more of as your income increases

20
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What are inferior goods?

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A good that you buy less of as your income increases

21
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What is a substitute?

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A good that can replace another (e.g. Coke and Pepsi, name brand vs generic brand)

22
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What are compliments?

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goods that are often used together so that consumption of goods tends to enhance consumption of the other. (e.g. hot dogs and hot dog buns)

23
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What are the factors that shift supply?

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Natural Conditions
Change in Input Prices
Technology

24
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What is a Price Ceiling?

A

a legal maximum price

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What is a Price Floor?
a legal minimum price
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What are the factors that shift the labor demand?
Demand for Output Education and Training Technology Number of Companies Government Regulation Price and Availability of Other Inputs
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What are the factors that shift the supply of labor?
Number of Workers Required Education Government Policies
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What is a Minimum Wage?
The price floor of the labor market
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What does it mean if demand or supply is inelastic?
when the price goes up or down, consumers’ buying habits stay about the same.
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What does it mean if demand or supply is elastic?
as price went up or down, customers buying habits changed dramtically