How Markets Work Flashcards
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What things must we assume about the Consumer and Producer?
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- Consumers aim to maximize utility - Firms aim to maximize profits
2
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Factors that cause a shift in the Demand Curve??
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- Changes in price of a substitute good - Changing Price of a complement - Changes in incomes of customers - Effects of advertising and marketing
3
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Factors that cause a movement ALONG the demand curve?
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- A change in price causes a change in Quantity Demanded
4
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What are the Conditions of Demand?
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- Income - Quality - Advertising - Substitutes - Complements - Weather - Expectations
5
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What is the concept of Diminishing Marginal Utility?
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- It states that the marginal utility of a good or service declines as its available supply increases.
6
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How does the concept of Diminishing Marginal Utility effect the demand curve?
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- As people consume more they want less of the product so high supply leads to lower demand.
7
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What is Price Elasticity of Demand?
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- Measures the responsiveness of demand after a change in a product’s own price.
8
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What is Income Elasticity of Demand?
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- Measures the relationship between a change in quantity demanded for good X and a change in real income.
9
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What is Cross Elasticity of Demand? (XED)??
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- Measures the responsiveness of demand for good X following a change in the price of a related good Y.
10
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What is the Price Elasticity of Demand formula?
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11
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What is the Income Elasticity of Demand Formula?
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12
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What is the Cross Elasticity of Demand Formula?
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13
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What is Unitary Demand?
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- = 1
- A change in Price causes and equal change in Quantity Demanded
14
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What is Perfectly Elastic Demand?
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- where the coefficient is infinite
15
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What is Relative Elastic Demand?
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- When the percentage change in quantity demanded is greater than the percentage change in price