Chapter 5 - Markets in action Flashcards

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what is partial-equilibrium analysis

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examination of a single market in isolation that ignores feedback effects from other markets

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What economists use when they study all markets together

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general-equilibrium analysis

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Situations where gvt may think about changing equilbrium price (3 ex.)

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1) Increase in prices due to natural disaster
2) Minimum wages
3) Shortage of a necessity (like water)

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4
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what happens when price set above equilibrium

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excess supply (markets don’t clear)

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5
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what happens when price set below equilibrium

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excess demand (supply shortage)

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At a fix price what determines quantity

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lesser of quantity demanded and supply (the lowest between these two)

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Name of price fixed above equilibrium

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price floor

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8
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Name of price fixed below equilibrium

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price ceiling

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9
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Price floor in employment/wage model name

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minimum wage

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Consequence of minimum wage on firms and employees

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Firms are worse off. Have to pay a higher wage than before
Employees that KEEP THE JOB are better off
Employees that are unemployed are worse off (harder to find job)

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3 main objectives of imposing a price ceiling (for the gvt)

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1) Restrict production
2) Keep specific prices down
3) Satisfy (normative) notions of equity

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12
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Black market definition

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Situation where goods are sold at prices that violate a legal price control -> this may thwart the objectives of the gvt

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13
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What is a binding rent control

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Price ceiling imposed by gvt upon landlords on renting price

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14
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Ex of 3 consequences of binding rent control

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1) Housing shortage (excess demand)
2) Alternative allocation schemes in black market
3) Illegal schemes like ‘‘key money’’ or others

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Consequence of binding rent control on tenants and landlords

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Landlords lose
Tenants in rent-controllend apartment win
Potential tenants suffer

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16
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Short run and long run effects of rent controls

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Perfectly inelastic (vertical) curve for supply in short run. In long run, supply curve becomes more elastic

17
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2 Alternatives for housing shortages for the gvt

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1) Subsidizing (financially support) housing production or producing public housing directly
2) Provide lower-income households with income assistance

18
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Something to remember about all gvt policies

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Always involve a resource cost

19
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When using the concept of market efficiency, demand is represented as _________ and supply is represented as _______

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value. cost.

20
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Price corresponding to a sepcific qt demanded : what does it mean

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Highest price consumers are willing to pay (as shown by height of the demand curve)

21
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Price corresponding to a specific qt supplied : what does it mean

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Lowest price producers are willing to accept

22
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What demande curve means from POV of market efficiency

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for each unit, price on demand curve shows value consumers get from buying it

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What supply curve means from POV of market efficiency

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for each unit, price on supply curve shows additional cost for producer of producing that extra unit

24
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Economic surplus def

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Difference between value given to a product and how much is paid for it

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Economic surplus synonym/other way of defining it
satisfaction you get from a product
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When do we stop buying/what determines equilibrium price
We stop buying at point where willingness to pay = price
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What is to remember about consumers and the demand curve (in market efficiency concept)
For all prices on demande curve, a consumer is willing to pay this price
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T/F consumers that are willing to pay a price that is lower than eq. price won't get the product
F : There will be producers that are willing to sell it at the price they are willing to pay
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Market efficiency and supply curve : trick for understanding producer surplus
Each unit supplied comes from a producer that was willing to sell it at this price. Producer surplus (total) is sum of all Eq producers surplus
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Market efficiency and demand curve : trick for understanding consumer surplus
Each unit bought is bought by a consumer that was willing to pay this price for it. Consumer surplus (total) is sum of all Eq consumers surplus
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Total economic surplus equation
Producer surplus + consumer surplus
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When is economic surplus maximized and what do we call that
Economic surplus is maximized at the competitive equilibrium level of output. We say that the market is efficient
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Things that can influence economic surplus and what the situation is called
Price floors, price ceilings and quotas. Market inefficiency
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What is called the lost economic surplus in Price floors, price ceilings and quotas ?
Deadweight loss of ... (price floor, price ceiling or output quota)
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In situation with taxes, what is the region at the left of the curve that is taken by the tax
Government revenue
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Governement intervention in competitive markets : First visible effects
Redistribution of surplus between buyers/sellers but overall losses
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Governement intervention in competitive markets motivation if overall losses
Looking to help specific groups
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Attitude of economists with gvt intervention
Must determine actual (economic) effects of policies rather than what is the best political decision (for a particular group)