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Edexcel A Economics - Theme 1 Flashcards

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Barter

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swapping one good for another without the use of money

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Base period

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the period, such as a year or a month, with which all other values in a series are compared

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Basic economic problem

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resources have to be allocated between competing uses because wants are infinite whilst resources are scarce.

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Capital

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as a factor of production is the stock of manufactured resources used in the production of goods and services.

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Capital goods

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goods that are used in the production of other goods such as factories, offices, roads, machines and equipment.

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Capital productivity

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output per unit of capital employed.

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Ceteris Paribus

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all things being equal; the assumption that, whilst the effects of a change in one variable are being investigated, all other variables are kept constant.

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Choice

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economic choices involve the alternate uses of scare resources.

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Command economy

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an economic system where the government, through a planning process allocates resources in society

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Consumer goods

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goods and services that are used by people to satisfy their needs and wants.

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Economic goods

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goods that are scarce because their use has an opportunity cost.

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Enterprise

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as a factor of production is the seeking out of profitable opportunities for production and take risks in attempting to exploit these

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Entrepreneurs

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individuals who seek out profitable opportunities for production and take risks in attempting to exploit these

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Factors of production

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the inputs top the production process: land, labour, capital and enterprise.

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Fixed capital

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economic resources such as factories and hospitals which are used to transform working capital into goods and services.

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Free goods

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goods that are unlimited in supply and which therefore have no opportunity cost.

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Free market economy

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an economic system that resolves the basic economic problems mainly through the market mechanism.

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Human capital

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the value of the productive potential of an individual or group or workers.

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Index number

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an indicator showing the relative value of one number to another from a base value of 100.

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Labour

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as a factor of production is the workforce.

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Labour productivity

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output per worker

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Land

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as a factor of production is all natural resources

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Law

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a theory or model which has been verified by empirical evidence

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Margin

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a point of possible change

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Market

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any convenient set of arrangements by which buyers and sellers communicate to exchange goods and services.

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Mixed economy

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an economy where both free market mechanism and the government planning process allocate significant proportions of total resources

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Money

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any item such as a coin or bank balance which fulfils four functions: a medium of exchange, a measure of value, a store of value and a method of deferred payment.

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Money substitutes

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anything which can be used as a medium of exchange but which are not stores of value. (Credit cards)

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Nominal values

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values unadjusted for the effects of inflation

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Non-renewable resources

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resources which once exploited cannot be replaced.

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Non-sustainable

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a resource which can be economically exploited in such a way that stock is being reduced over time

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Normative statement

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a statement which cannot be supported or refuted because it is a value judgement.

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Opportunity cost

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the value forgone of the next best alternative.

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Positive statement

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a statement which can be supported or refuted by evidence.

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Primary sector

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extractive and agricultural industries

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Private sector

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the part of the economy owned by individuals, companies and charities.

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Production possibility frontier

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a curve which shows the maximum potential level of output of one good given a level for all other goods in the economy

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Productivity

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output per unit of input employed.

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Public sector

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the part of the economy where production is organised by the state or the government.

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Real values

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vales adjusted for inflation

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Renewable resources

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resources that can be exploited over and over again because they have potential to renew themselves.

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Scarce resources

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resources that are limited in supply so that choice has to be made about their use.

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Scientific method

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a method which subjects theories or hypotheses to falsification by empirical evidence

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Secondary sector

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industries involved in the production of goods, mainly manufactured.

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Social science

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the study of societies and human behaviour using a variety of methods, including the scientific method.

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Specialisation

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a system of organisation where economic units such as households or nations are not self-sufficient but concentrate on producing certain goods and services and trading the surplus with others.

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Sub-market

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a market which is distinct and identifiable part of a larger market

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Sustainable resource

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renewable resource that is being economically exploited in such a way that it will not diminish or run out

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Tertiary sector

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industries involved in the production of services

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Theory or model

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a hypothesis which I capable of refutation by empirical evidence.

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Wants

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desires for the consumption of goods and services

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Working capital

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resources that are in the production system waiting to be transported into goods or other materials before being finally sold to the consumer.

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Ad valorem tax

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tax levied as a percentage of the value of the good.

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Complement

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a good that is purchased with other goods to satisfy a want. (Negative XED).

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Conditions of demand

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factors other than price, such as income or the price of other goods, which lead to changes in demand which are associated with shifts in the demand curve.

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Conditions of supply

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factors other than price, such as income or the price of other goods, which lead to changes in supply which are associated with shifts in the supply curve.

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Consumer surplus

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the difference between how much the consumer is prepared to pay for a good and what they actually pay.

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Contraction of demand

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when quantity demanded for a good falls because its price rises; it is shown by a movement up the demand curve

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Cross elasticity of demand

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a measure of the responsiveness of quantity demanded for good ‘y’ to a change in price of good ‘x’.

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Demand

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the quantity purchased of a good at any given price, given that other determinants of demand remain unchanged

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Demand curve

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the line on a price/quantity diagram, which shows the level of effective demand at any given price.

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Economic welfare

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the level of well-being or prosperity or living standards of an individual or group of individuals such as a country.

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Elastic demand

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where the price elasticity of demand is greater than 1. The responsiveness of demand is proportionally greater than the change in price. Demand is perfectly elastic if the price elasticity of demand is infinity.

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Equilibrium price

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the price at which there is no tendency to change because planned purchases are equal to planned sales. (Where supply meets demand)

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Excess demand

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where demand is greater than supply

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Excess supply

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where supply is greater than demand

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Extension of demand

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when quantity demanded for a good increases because its price falls; it is shown by a movement down the demand curve

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Free market forces

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forces in free markets which act to reduce prices when there is excess supply and raise prices when there is excess demand

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Incentive function

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when changes in price encourage buyers and sellers to change the quantity they buy and sell

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Incidence of tax

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the tax burden on the taxpayer

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Income elasticity of demand

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a measure of the responsiveness of quantity demanded to a change in income.

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Inelastic demand

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where the price elasticity of demand is less than 1. The responsiveness of demand is proportionally less than the change in price. Demand is perfectly inelastic if the price elasticity of demand is zero.

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Inferior good

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a good where demand falls when income increases. (Negative IED)

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Law of diminishing marginal utility

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the value or utility that individual consumer gain from the last product consumed falls the greater the number consumed.

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Long run

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the period of time when all factor inputs can be varied but the state of technology remains constant.

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Macroeconomics

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the study of the economy as a whole, including inflation, growth and unemployment.

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Market clearing price

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the price at which there is neither excess demand nor excess supply but where everything offered for sale is purchased.

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Microeconomics

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the study of the behaviour of individuals or groups such as consumers, firms or workers, typically within a market context.

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Neo-classical theory

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a theory of economics which typically starts with the assumption that economic agents will maximize their benefits and act rationally, and which develops how resources will be allocated in markets and at what price through the forces of demand and supply; the margin is a key concept in neo-classical theory.

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Normal good

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a good where demand increases when income increases. (Positive IED)

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Price elasticity of demand

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the responsiveness of demand to a change in price.

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Price elasticity of supply

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a measure of the responsiveness of quantity supplied to a change in price.

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Producer surplus

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the difference between the market price which firms receive and the price at which they are prepared to supply.

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Rationing function

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when changes in price lead to more or less being produced, so increasing or limiting the quantity demanded by buyers

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Shift in the demand curve

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a movement of the whole demand curve to the right or left of the original caused by a change in any variable affecting demand except price.

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Short run

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the period of time when at least one factor input to the production process can be varied

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Signaling function

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when changes in price give information to buyers and sellers which influence their decisions to buy and sell.

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Specific of unit tax

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tax levied on volume

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Subsidy

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a grant given which lowers the price of a good, usually designed to encourage production or consumption of a good.

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Substitute

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a good that can be replaced by another good to satisfy a want. (Positive XED)

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Supply

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the quantity of goods that suppliers are willing to sell at any given price over a period of time.

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Total expenditure

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quantity bought times the average price of a product

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Total revenue

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quantity sold times the average price of a product

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Unitary elastic

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where the value of price elasticity of demand is 1. The responsiveness of demand is equal to the change in price.

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Utility or economic welfare

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the satisfaction or benefit derived form consuming a good or a set of goods.

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Asymmetric information

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where buyers and sellers have different amounts of information, with one group having more than the other

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Complete market failure

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when a market fails to supply any of a good which is demanded, creating a missing market.

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External benefits of consumption

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when the social costs of consumption are different from the private costs of consumption.

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External benefits of production

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when the social costs of production are different from the private costs of production.

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Externality

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the difference between the social costs and benefits and private cost and benefits.

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Free rider

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a person or organisation which received benefits that others have paid for without making any contribution.

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Imperfect information

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where buyers and sellers both lack information to make an informed decision.

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Information failure

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where buyers or sellers or both don’t have the information that is available to make a decision

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Marginal social and private costs and benefits

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the social and private costs and benefits of the last used either produced or consumed.

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Market failure

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where resources are inefficiently allocated due to imperfections in the working of the market mechanism

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Missing market

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a market where the market mechanism fails to supply any good.

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Moral hazard

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when an economic agent makes a decision in their own best interest knowing that there is a potential adverse risk, and that if problems result, the cost will be partly borne by other economic agents.

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Negative consumption externalities

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private benefits exceed social benefits.

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Negative externality

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net social cost is greater than net private cost

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Negative production externalities

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social costs exceed private costs

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Non-excludability

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once provided it is impossible to prevent any economic agent from consuming the good

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Non-rejectability

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once provided it is impossible for any economic agent not to consume the good.

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Non-rivalry

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consumption by one economic agent does not reduce the amount available for consumption by others.

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Partial market failure

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when a market for a good exists but there is overproduction or underproduction of the good

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Positive consumption externalities

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social benefits exceed private benefits.

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Positive externality

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– net social benefit is greater than net private benefit.

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Positive production externalities

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social costs are less than private costs.

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Principal-agent problem

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occurs when the goal of principals, those standing to gain or lose from a decision, are different from agents, those making the decision on half of the principal.

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Private cost and benefit

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the cost of benefit of an activity to an individual economic unit such as a consumer or firm

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Private good

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a good which possesses the characteristics of rivalry and excludability.

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Public good

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a good which possesses the characteristics of non-rivalry and non-excludability.

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Quasi-public good

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a good which does not preferably possess the characteristics of non-rivalry and non-excludability and yet which also is not perfectly rival or excludable.

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Social cost and benefit

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the cost or benefit of an activity to society as a whole.

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Cap and trade schemes

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schemes which set a limit on a particular type of pollution, and then issue pollution permits to the total of that limit which can be bought and sold between firms which pollute.

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Government failure

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occurs when government intervention leads to a net welfare loss compared to the free market solution.

126
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Public choice theory

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theories about how and why public spending and taxation decisions are made.

127
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Rent-seeking

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the use of political power by an economic agent to manipulate the distribution of resources for their own benefit at the expense of others without creating any extra wealth for society.

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Trade pollution permit

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a permission issued, usually by a government to allow a fixed amount of pollution to be created; this permit can be used by the owner or sold to another firm.

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