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Economics (paper 1) Flashcards

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GDP (Gross Domestic Product) definition

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the total value of goods and services produced in a country annually

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What does a rising GDP mean?

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Individuals are spending more, more employment opportunities are available, more tax is being paid and workers get paid more

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Interest rate definition

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• The cost of borrowing money
• (Also the reward for saving)

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Opportunity cost definition

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The cost of the next best alternative forgone

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wants definition

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something we desire

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needs definition

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something essential to survival

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What are the 3 factors of the basic economic problem?

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• What to produce?
• How to produce it?
• Who to produce it for?

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Factors of production

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• Land
• Labour
• Capital
• Enterprise

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What type of industry is the Uk?

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• Tertiary sector
• Also has a lack of resources

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Scarcity definition

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The shortage of a resource as a result of an unlimited want or need

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Basic Economic Problem defintion

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Limited resources being unable to provide for the unlimited wants and needs of individuals

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Examples of each factor of production

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Land: premises, agriculture, transport and urban cities.

Labour: employees & employers

Capital: money & finance, equipment and machinery

Entrepreneurship: Governments and companies

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Market

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Exchange of goods and services

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Primary sector

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extraction of raw materials and natural resources

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Secondary sector

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Manufacturing and construction activities

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Tertiary sector

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Industries that provide a service
eg transport or finance

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What order does the supply chain go in?

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Raw materials ➡️ Manufacturing ➡️ Distribution ➡️ Retailer ➡️ Consumer

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Economic sustainability

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The best use of scarce resources to create growth in the economy

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As the economy grows, what happens to the state of individuals?

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The wealthier we become

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Environmental sustainability

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The impact of development on the environment now and in the future

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Social sustainability

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How an economic choice affects a community’s quality of life

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Economy definition

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Sustainable production and consumption of goods and services

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Factor market definition

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where services of the factors of production are bought by firms and sold by households

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Product market

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Final goods or services are offered to consumers and produced by firms

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Expenditure definition

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Money spent

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How are households involved in product markets?

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They consume the goods and services produced

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How are households involved in factor markets?

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They supply labour to firms for wages and salaries.

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3 types of markets

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Online, physical and auctions

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Derived demand

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When the demand for a product is linked to the demand for a related good

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How are the product market and factor market interdependent?

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• The skills of employees are bought by firms as labour and sold for wages

• Households then use the wages to buy goods and services from firms.

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Economic agents

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• Consumers
• Producers
• Businesses
• Governments

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Free enterprise examples

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• Sole traders
• Partnerships
• Private limited companies (LLC)
• Public limited companies (PLC)

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Wage definition

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Payment for labour calculated per hour

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Debit card

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Takes money directly from your bank account and won’t work if you don’t have enough

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Gross pay

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Amount of money earned by employee before any deductions

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Efficiency

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Being able to produce more output with the same or fewer resources

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Specialisation

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When individuals, firms or countries focus on producing a specific product to become more efficient

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Division of labour definition

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Specialisation by workers in production (can be by product or process)

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Division of labour by product means…

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When workers specialise in producing the final product or service

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Division of labour by process means…

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Workers specialise in one aspect of the production of a good or service

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Price Mechanism

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How changes in price reflect changes in supply and demand, allowing the market to correct itself

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Monopoly

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A large dominant firm in a market eg Openreach (bt)

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43
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Credit cards

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allow you to borrow money from the card issuer up to a certain limit to purchase items or withdraw cash.

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advantages of using debit card

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• Highly convenient (widely accepted)
• Interest isn’t charged

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disadvantages of using credit card

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Easy to overspend due to the high interest charges

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Incentive

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something that entices or motivates someone to do something

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47
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What is economy of scale?

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When the cost of production reduces as the production rate increases

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48
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Goods are

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tangible

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Services are

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intangible

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Barter system meaning

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The exchange of goods and services without the use of money

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Exchange meaning

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Giving up something you have in return for something you don’t have

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Advantages of specialisation

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• Firms achieve economies of scale as larger output would mean lower costs

• Higher productivity as workers become more skilled and efficient

• Workers get a higher salary/ wage which increases standard of living

• GDP increases as more jobs are created

• Government revenue increases to develop country

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Disadvantages of specialisation

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• Costs more to train workers
• Workers lose wider skills
• Mass unemployment occurs if demand drops for the product
• Workers may get bored and reduce quality
• May cause environmental damage if surplus output goes to waste

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Law of demand

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As the price increases, the demand decreases and as the price decreases the demand increases.

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Demand definition

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When consumers are willing and able to purchase a good or service

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Consumers consume more as the prices _______

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decrease

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57
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Extension in demand

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When the market price falls

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Contraction in demand

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When the market price rises

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Factors of production definition

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The inputs used in the production of goods or services to make profit

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Labour definition

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The human input in producing a good or service

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Capital definition

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Goods which are used to make other products

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3 Arguments for why the demand curve slopes downwards

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• Substitution effect
• Income effect
• Diminishing marginal utility

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Substitution effect

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When consumers switch to a cheaper alternative as the price of a product increases making the product more attractive compared to similar products. This increases the demand

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Income effect

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When consumers have more purchasing power as the price of a product decreases leading to an increase in quantity demanded

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Diminishing Marginal Utility

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As more units of a product are consumed, the level of satisfaction from each unit will decline

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66
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As the demand increases, the price_________

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increases (to maximise profit)

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67
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Demand curve

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Diagram sloping downward from left to right showing how as the price increases, demand decreases

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Market demand meaning

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Total demand for a good or service

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Shift of the demand curve

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Complete movement of the existing demand curve either outward or inwards

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70
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When does a shift in the demand curve occur?

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When the demand changes whilst the price stays the same (PASIFIC)

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What happens during a movement along the demand curve ?

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The price changes

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Supply meaning

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The quantity of a good or service that producers are willing and able to sell at a certain price

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Factors that cause a shift in the demand curve

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• Population
• Advertising
• Substitutes
• Income of consumers
• Fashion & trends
• Income tax
• Complementary goods

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74
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How does increasing interest rates affect the demand for a good?

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• An increase in interest rates would increase the cost of borrowing
• This increases the reward for saving
• People are less likely to spend and more likely to save
• Demand for goods decrease and the curve shifts inwards

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75
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How do complementary goods affect the demand?

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Complementary goods are bought together therefore they’re in joint demand. As the price of one good increases the demand for the other decreases shifting demand curve inwards.

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76
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How is an increase in price presented on a demand curve?

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A contraction in demand

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77
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What does price elasticity of demand (PED) measure?

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How responsive demand is to change in price

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78
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What value do inelastic products have?

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between 0 and -1

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PED equation

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% change in quantity demanded / % change in price

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Unitary elastic demand

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When the % change in demand is the same as the % change in price

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Inelastic demand

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When demand for products are unresponsive to changes in price

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Elastic demand

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When demand for a product is responsive to changes in price

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Revenue

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• What firms earn when they sell goods or services
• Price per unit x Quantity

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As price decreases for Inelastic products, total revenue ________

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decreases because demand stays the same

85
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As price decreases for elastic products, total revenue _________

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Increase (because demand increases)

86
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Examples of inelastic products

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addictive cigarettes, healthcare, petrol, rare artwork

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Examples of elastic products

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Fizzy drinks, luxury cars and electronics

88
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What are the PINTSWC factors used to measure?

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Changes in supply

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PINTSWC factors

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• Productivity • Indirect taxes • Number of firms • Technology • Subsidies • Weather • Costs of production

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Determinants of PED

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• Time period
• Number/closeness of substitutes
• % of a consumer’s income used for spending on a good
• Luxury or Necessity
• habitual consumption
• peak and off peak demand
• cost of transaction (switching)

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Transaction costs meaning

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Cost of switching between different products (tends to have an inelastic demand)

92
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% of a consumer’s income used for spending on a good

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Products that take up a high proportion of income would tend to have an elastic demand (because price increases would be significantly large)

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Habitually consumed goods effect on consumers

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consumers become less sensitive to the price changes eg demerit goods like alcohol & cigs

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Productivity meaning

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How efficiently factors are used to produce output • Total output / total input

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Indirect taxes meaning

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When the government puts tax such as VAT on goods increasing the costs of firms and reducing supply

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Subsidy

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When the government pays a company to support production increasing supply

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What happens to the supply curve as supply increases?

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It shifts to the right (inwards)

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What happens to the demand curve as demand increases?

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Shifts to the right (outwards)

99
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What curve is upwards sloping and what one is downward sloping?

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Supply curve slopes upwards and demand curve slopes downwards

100
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What happens to supply as price increases

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Supply increases to maximise profit

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A horizontal line is used to describe what type of demand curve

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perfectly elastic

102
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How does a perfectly inelastic demand curve look like?

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Vertical line

103
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Capacity meaning

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The amount you are able to produce

104
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Stock levels meaning

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Quantity of products available to sell

105
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Production lags meaning

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Not producing as much as you are able to

106
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Price competition

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When firms lower their prices to attract consumers

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Non-price competition

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When firms use marketing, customer service or the product itself to attract consumers

108
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Equilibrium meaning

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When the quantity demanded is equal to the quantity supplied

109
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Free market

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Exchange of goods and services with minimal government intervention

110
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Mixed economy

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Control over the exchange of goods and services is shared between producers and the government

111
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Impact of elastic supply on consumers

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If the price increases, producers would be able to quickly adjust their production rate to decrease the price • Demand wouldn’t change much

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Keywords to remember for economy

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Factors of production • basic economic problem • opportunity cost • economic/social/environment sustainability

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Keywords to remember for market

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• factor / product market • sectors • specialisation • PED/S • movement and shift of demand curve • extension and contraction • Substitution, income, DMU effects • Incentive

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Keywords to remember for production

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revenue • economies of scale • responsiveness • efficiency • productivity

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Signalling meaning

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When price changes indicate where resources are needed (If prices rises, it indicates more resources are needed)

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Rationing meaning

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Prices help to ration scarce resources. (Higher prices restricts the demand of consumers)

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Oligopoly meaning

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Where a small number of firms control the majority share of a market

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Transmission of preferences meaning

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Producers send information to resource suppliers about the changing demand of consumers

119
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The equilibrium price is also known as the

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Market-clearing price

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Allocation of resources

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How scarce resources are distributed among producers and allocated among consumers

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Determination of price

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When the demand of consumers determine the price and supply of a product in a free market

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Consumer sovereignty

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The power of consumers to influence how the market allocates resources

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Where is the surplus in relation to the equilibrium on a graph?

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Above the equilibrium

124
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Features of monopolies

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• Only one supplier
• No competition
• Suppliers control the price
• Difficult to enter market (many barriers to entry)
• Lack of efficiency

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Features of an oligopoly

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• Firms are interdependent (work together) • Possibility of collusions • Product differentiation (they’re unique) • Some barriers to entry • not much efficient

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Barrier to entry meaning

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Factors that prevent firms from joining a market

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Examples of barriers to entry

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Brand loyalty • Economies of scale • Geographical barriers • Patents • Vertical integration • start up costs • marketing costs

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Brand loyalty meaning

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When consumers are attached to existing products

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Vertical integration meaning

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When a lack of access to suppliers prevents someone from selling their products

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Patent meaning

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A legal barrier to copying a product

131
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Types of economies of scale

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Purchasing (negotiating cheaper prices to buy in larger quantities)
• Managerial (hiring specialists to reduce costs)
• Technological (Machines increase production through automation)
• Financial (negotiating lower interest rates on loans)

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Advantages of competition

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• Increases supply •
Reduces the price of products •

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Features of competitive markets

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• Large number of firms • Price is set by market forces of supply and demand • Most efficient •

134
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Market economy

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Where the forces of demand and supply determine the allocation of resources

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USP (Unique Selling Point) meaning

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A feature of a product or business that makes it unique compared to other firms

136
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Profit

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• Total revenue - Total costs
• Money left over after all costs have been paid

137
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Gross Pay equation

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Number of hours you work x The amount you earn per hour

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Net Pay

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Amount of money earned after deductions • Gross Pay - Deductions

139
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Production meaning

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The total output of goods and services produced by a firm

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Legal monopoly

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A producer with at least 25% market share

141
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Salary meaning

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Payment for labour calculated annually

142
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Competition meaning

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When different firms are trying to sell a similar product to consumers

143
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What is a loss?

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When total revenue is less than total cost

144
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Total Cost (TC)

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• All costs added together • Variable costs (VC) + Fixed costs (FC)

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Average cost (AC)

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• Unit cost of production • Total costs / Total output

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Average Revenue

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• Amount of money earned from each sale made • Total revenue / Total output

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What are Fixed Costs (FC)?

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• Costs that do not change with output • Examples: Rent, interest, Wages/salaries

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What are Variable Costs (VC)?

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• Costs that change directly with the amount of output you produce (Vc x output)

• Examples:
• Cost of raw materials
• Cost of hiring workers
• Packaging & Delivery costs

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Impact of Fixed Costs

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They are spread out over the units produced • This means that cost per unit decreases as production increases (economy of scale)

150
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Labour market definition

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When workers sell their labour and firms buy their labour (exchange)

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Determination of wages

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Interaction of supply of labour and demand for labour

152
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What factors causes a change in labour markets?

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• Net migrations • An ageing population • Self-employment rise • Decline in trade unions • Rise in temporary jobs

153
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Public sector meaning

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Organisations owned by the government that provide essential services through funds from tax • Eg schools and hospitals

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Private sector meaning

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Organisations owned by individuals that aim to generate profit through revenue and investments • Eg Apple (PLC) and Google (LLC)

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Sole trader meaning

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Organisation owned by an individual and is personally liable for all business debts • Eg cleaners and cooks

156
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Partnership meaning

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When 2 or more individuals own an organisation and share the profits / liability for debts • Eg: PwC, Medical firms, Law firms

157
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Private Limited Company meaning (LLC)

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Businesses owned by shareholders who doesn’t sell its shares to the public • Has limited liability • Eg Google and YouTube

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Shares meaning

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Unit of ownership by a company in a market

159
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Public Limited Company meaning (PLC)

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Company whose shares are available to buy and sell in public (on the stock market) • Liability is limited • Eg Apple and Microsoft

160
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What is the effect of decreasing the price in a competitive market?

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It could drive out competitors or reduce supply to clear a surplus

161
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Examples of deductions

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• Taxes • National Insurance • Pension contributions • Student loan repayments

162
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Pension meaning

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A fixed amount paid to people who have retired

163
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Trade Union meaning

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An organisation of workers active on behalf of its workers • Helps increase wages and improve working conditions • Eg TFL strikes

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Factors affecting supply of labour (5)

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• Wage rate
• The higher the wage the more people are willing to work

• Non-monetary factors
• Eg better working conditions and promotions would make it increase

• Other monetary payments
• Eg overtime pay will increase supply

• Barriers to entry
• Eg qualification requirements

• Size of working population
• Eg an ageing population would have a low supply

165
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Factors affecting demand for labour (6)

A

• Demand for products
• Higher demand would increase demand for labour

• Wage rates
• Higher wages increase the COP and decreases demand for workers

• Real wages
• If it falls labour may replace capital

• Productivity of labour
• Rise in productivity means higher wages can be paid

• Profit of firms
• Increase in profits would allow expansion for labour

• State of the economy
• Growing economy would require more labour

166
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Labour markets are made up of smaller interacting ones for:

A

• Different qualifications • Different skills • Different geographical locations

167
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What is an MNC?

A

Multi National Corporation • A firm that has its head office in one country but operates in other countries

168
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Collective bargaining

A

When trade unions negotiate with employers on behalf of its members to set the wage rate

169
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Inflation meaning

A

A rise in the price of goods and services

170
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Real wage meaning

A

How inflation impacts the amount of goods and services you are able to buy
(Nominal wage / Price Index)

171
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What is Price Index?

A

A measure of the price levels

172
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Nominal wage meaning

A

The amount of money workers are paid

173
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YED meaning

A

How responsive quantity demanded for a good is to a change in consumer income

174
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YED equation

A

% change in demand / % change in income

175
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Medium of exchange meaning

A

Something that is widely accepted for transactions eg money

176
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Disadvantages of the barter system

A

• No consumer protection • No legal certification

177
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Flow of capital meaning

A

The movement of money during investment and trade

178
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Geographical immobility

A

When workers cannot easily move to another country for a job (eg lack of affordable housing or language barriers)

179
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Occupational immobility meaning

A

When workers find it difficult to move across jobs due to factors such as: qualifications, skills and training

180
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Types of labour markets

A

• Local (within a short distance of worker’s home)
• National (Covers whole of UK)
• International (Covers areas around the world)

181
Q

What do retailers tend to do at busy times of the year?

A

They employ temporary workers to provide for the increased demand eg in Christmas

182
Q

Factors that affect wages

A

• Training
• Age
• Skills
• Trade unions
• Experience
• Derived demand

183
Q

Role of the labour market

A

• Enables workers who are willing and able to sell their labour to meet employers who are willing and able to offer them a job

• It determines the wage rate/salary for a job

184
Q

Reasons for lack of labour mobility

A

• Occupational immobility
• Geographical immobility
• Personal factors (eg family ties)

185
Q

Advantages of an increase in production

A

• Increase in employment may have taken place
• Increase in profits
• Gaining a greater market share
• Gaining larger economies of scale

186
Q

Disadvantages of an increase in production

A

• Increase may be a result of machines replacing workers
• Workers replaced would have a lower standard of living
• Could lead to environmental problems

187
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Importance of increased productivity for a country

A

• There’s an increased total output in the economy
• This inflicts economic growth as GDP increases (more jobs and higher wages for workers)
• More funds are available to spend on development (eg infrastructure and healthcare)

188
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Disadvantage of increased productivity

A

It may have happened through automation which would mean workers become unemployed

189
Q

Why does money act as a medium of exchange?

A

It’s widely accepted for the buying and selling of products

190
Q

Financial sector

A

Section of the economy made up of firms that provide financial services to customers

191
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What are the roles of the financial sector?

A

• Involves the lending and borrowing of money eg through banks and building societies
• Banks and building societies enable savers to provide for borrowers
• This allows for the supply of money (savers) to equal demand for money (borrowers)

192
Q

What are the roles of the central bank?

A

• Issue bank notes and control the supply of money (quantitative easing)
• Control monetary by setting the bank rate
• Provide financial stability by setting the interest rate to keep inflation down
• Acts as a bank for commercial banks and the government

193
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Name of central bank in England

A

Bank of England

194
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What are the roles of commercial banks?

A

• They take deposits from customers and turn them into assets for the bank

• They charge interest higher than the bank rate (to cover their expenses)

• Make payments on behalf their customers

• Issue loans to individuals and firms

195
Q

Examples of commercial banks

A

• Barclays
• HSBC
• Metro

196
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Building society definition

A

Mutual financial organisations that are owned by their members

197
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Building societies characteristics

A

• Mutual organisations
• Provide savings and mortgages
• Limited as to how much money can be borrowed
• Not listed on the stock market (PLC)

198
Q

Insurance company

A

A financial institution that provides compensation for losses in return for an agreed payment

199
Q

Examples of fixed costs

A

• Rent
• Insurance
• Interest
• Advertising
• Salaries

200
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Mortgage definition

A

A financial agreement to borrow money to purchase a house

201
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Factors affecting YED

A

• Substitutes of goods
• Necessities of goods/services
• Proportion of income spent on products

202
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Importance of increased productivity for a business

A

• Increased economies of scale as average costs decrease
• Cost of production can be reduced
• This increases profits
• Therefore better investments to attract specialists

• Increases market share
• Increases competitiveness
• Increases survival chances

203
Q

Enterprise meaning

A

Risk taking to pull the other factors of production together

204
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Land definition

A

The natural resources we have to make things eg physical space or crops

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