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Econ Midterm #1 Flashcards

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Scarcity

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the condition that arises bc wants exceeds the ability of resources to satisfy them (we must choose among available alternatives)

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Economics

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is the social science that studies the choices that individuals, businesses, and governments make as they cope with scarcity, the incentives that influence those choices, and the arrangement that coordinate them.

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Microeconomics

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the study of the choices that individuals and businesses make and the way these choices interact and are influenced by governments.

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Macroeconomics

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the study of the total effects on the national economy and the global economy of the choices that individuals, businesses, and governments make.

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Economic ?’s

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  • How do choices determine what, how, and for whom goods and services get produced?
  • When do choices made in self-interest also promote the social interest?
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goods and services

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are objects and actions that people value and product to satisfy human wants

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what

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goods and services get produced and in what quantities

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How

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goods and services get produced and in what quantities

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For whom

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are the various goods and services produced (this depends on the income that people earn and the prices they pay for goods and services)

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Self interest

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choices that are best for the individual who makes them

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social interest

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the choices that are best for a society as a whole

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trade off

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an exchange (giving up something for something else)

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Opportunity cost

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is the best thing that you must give up to get something – the highest valued alternative forgone (example: professor gives up spending time with family in order to teach)

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marginal cost

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is what you must give up to get one additional unit of it

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Marginal benefit

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is the what you gain when you get one more unit of something (is measured by what you are willing to give up to get one additional unit of it)

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normative statements

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disagreements that cant be settled by facts

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positive statements

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disagreements that can be settled by facts

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cross section graph

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shows value of an economic variable for different groups in a population at a point in time
Ex: a graph that shows SAT scores of male and female students in 2012 is a cross section graph

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ceteris paribus

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“other things remaining the same”- this assumption is used when graphing a relationship that involves more than two variables

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production possibilities frontier

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boundary between the combination of goods and services that can be produced and the combinations that cannot be produced given the available factors of productions and the state of technology

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production efficiency

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a situation in which we cannot produce more of one good or service without producing less or something else

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free lunch

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  • a gift or getting something without giving up something else
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On a PPF there are 500 lb apple and 1200 lb bananas and at another point there is 300 lb and 1300 lb bananas the opportunity cost of producing bananas is

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200 apples/ 100 bananas = 2 lb apples

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economic growth

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sustained expansion of production possibilities (when an economy’s resources increase, its production possibilities expand and its PFF shifts outward)

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absolute advantage

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when a nation is more productive than another (needs fewer inputs or takes less time to produce a good or perform a production task. Nations gain from specializing in production of the goods in which they have a comparative advantage and then trading.

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comparative advantage

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is the ability of a person to perform an activity or produce a good or service at a lower opportunity cost than someone else.

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If the PFF between two goods were a straight line (the resources are equally productive and then the OC of one good in terms of another would be

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constant

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In a PPF the cost of producing more units of a good is measured by

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the amount of the other good or service that must be forgone

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The concave shape of the production possibilities curve implies that as production of one good increases, society must forgo

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increasing amounts of another good

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  • To increase economic growth a nation should encourage education because
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it increases quality of labor

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In the production possibilities frontier model, an unattainable point lies

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outside the PPF

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Gasoline prices increase by 50% and other things remain the same. The quantity demanded

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decreases

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An advertising company puts out successful advertising campaign that makes most people want to buy milk… as a result the demand for milk

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increases

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Markets

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any arrangement that brings buyers and sellers together

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competitive markets

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has so many buyers and so many sellers that no individual buyer or seller can influence the price

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Quantity demanded

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the amount of a good, service, or resource that people are willing and able to buy during a specified period at a specified price

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law of demand

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if the price of a good rises, the quantity demanded of that good decreases
If the price of the good falls, the quantity demanded of the good increases

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demand

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the sum of the demands of all buyers in a market, the market demand curve is the horizontal sum of the demand curves of all buyer in the market

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Market Demand

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the sum of the demands of all buyers in a market, the market demand curve is the horizontal sum of the demand curves of all buyer in the market

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substitute

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a good that can be consumed in place of another good (the demand for a good increases if the price of one substitute rises, the demand for a good decreases if the price of one substitute falls)

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complement

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a good consumed with another good, the demand for a good increases if the price of one of its complements falls, the demand for a good decreases if the price of one of its complements rises

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rise of expected future price

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Increases the current demand for the good

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normal good

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a good for which the demand increases if the income increases and the demand decrease if income decreases.

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inferior good

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a good for which the demand decreases if income increases and the demand increases if income decreases

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Preferences

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when preferences change the demand for one item increase and the demands for another item decreases (The preferences change when people become better informed and new goods become available)

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quantity supplied

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amount of a good, service or resource that people are willing and able to sell during a specified period at a specified price

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law of supply

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if the price of a good rises, the quantity supplied of that good increases. if the price of the good falls, the quantity supplied of that good decreases

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supply

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the relationship between the quantity supplied of a good and the price of the good when all other influences on selling plans remain the same

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An increase in productivity

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lowers the cost and increases supply

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market equilibrium

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occurs when the quantity demanded equals the quantity supplied (the buyer and sellers plan are consistent)

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equilibrium price

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the price at which the quantity demanded equals the quantity supplied

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Equilibrium quantity

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the quantity bought and sold at the equilibrium price.

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shortage- occurs when the quantity demanded exceeds the quantity supplied (causes price to rise)

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54
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Assume a competitive market is in equilibrium. There is an increase in demand, but no change in supply. As a result, the equilibrium price_____, and the equilibrium quantity ______

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(rises, increases)

55
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When the demand curve shifts rightward and the market moves to a new equilibrium, then the ________

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quantity supplied increases

55
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If the supply of solar panels increases _________

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the price goes down and the quantity increases

56
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The equilibrium price of movie tickets is 10$. If the supply curve for the movies shifts _______, the equilibrium price will ______

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(rightward, decrease)

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surplus

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occurs when the quantity supplied exceeds the quantity demanded (causes price to fall

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when demand changes…

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the supply curve does NOT shift, change in quantity supplied, equilibrium price and quantity change in same direction as demand

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when supply changes…

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the demand curve does NOT shift, changed in quantity demanded, equilibrium price changes in opposite direction as supply, equilibrium quantity changes in same direction as supply

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