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Factors of Production

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Resources used to produce goods/services

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Capital (FoP)

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Things which are used to make goods/services

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Enterprise (FoP)

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Is the willingness of people in firms to take risks + make a profit + organise land, labour, capital

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Land (FoP)

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Refers to natural resources such as oil, land itself + renewable and non-renewable

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Labour (FoP)

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Is the work done by humans in production

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Production Possibility Frontier (PPF)

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Shows the maximum potential output of a combination of two goods or services an economy can achieve when all its resources are fully and efficiently used, given the current level of technology

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Economic growth

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Is an increase in the production of goods/service in an economy (negative growth is a decrease in the production)

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Consumer goods

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Goods which do not produce other goods + used by people to satisfy their wants and needs

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Capital goods

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Goods which are used to produce other goods/services

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Positive Statements

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Can be proven true and false + are objective statements

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Normative Statements

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Express opinions + cannot be proven true or false + are subjective statements

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Specialisation

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Occurs when an individual, firm, region or country concentrates on the production of a limited range of goods/services

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Division of Labour

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Is the specialisation of workers on specific tasks in the production process

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Functions of Money

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1) Medium of exchange: commonly accepted in exchange for goods/services
2) Measure of value: the price of a good reveals its value
3) Store of value: value is maintained + can be kept for a long time
4) Method of deferred payment: allows debt to be created

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Planning

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Refers to the process by which a government allocates resources + funded through taxation

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Price Mechanism

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The means by which decisions of consumers + businesses interact to determine the allocation of resources

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Command economy

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An economy in which resources are allocated solely by the state (government)

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Mixed economy

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An economy in which resources are allocated by the state + the price mechanism

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Free market economy

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An economy in which resources are allocated solely by the price mechanism

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Public sector

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The part of an economy which is controlled or owned by the government

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Private sector

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The part of an economy which is not controlled or owned by the government + by individuals or groups of individuals

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Utility

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The satisfaction or benefit derived from consuming a good

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Habitual Behaviour

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Something that becomes a habit

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Consumer Inertia

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Fear of the unknown + don’t know what to expect

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Bounded rationality
Individuals wish to maximise utility but are unable to do so due to a lack of time, information, ability to process information
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Demand
Is the quantity of a good or service purchased at a given price over a given period of time
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Substitute goods
Are two alternative products that can be used for the same purpose
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Complement goods
Are products that are used together
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Supply
Is the quantity of a good or service that firms are willing to sell at a given price in a given period of time
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Revenue
The income that a government or company receives + price x quantity
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Opportunity cost
Is the value of the next best alternative forgone
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Excess demand
Shortage - occurs when demand exceeds supply at a given price
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Excess supply
Glut - occurs when supply exceeds demand at a given price
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Equilibrium price
When the supply of goods matches demand
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Direct tax
A tax levied directly on an individual or organisation (tax on income, business profits)
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Indirect tax
A tax levied on a good/service
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Specific tax
Causes a parallel shift in the supply curve + the tax is the same fixed amount at all prices e.g. fuel duty, beer duty
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Ad Valorem tax
Causes a non-parallel shift in the supply curve + the tax increases as the amount sold rises e.g. VAT, import tariffs
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Price elasticity of demand (PED)
Measures the responsiveness of demand given a change in price
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Price elasticity of supply (PES)
Measures the responsiveness of supply given a change in price
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Factors affecting demand (6)
1) Population size 2) Changes in the prices of substitute + complement goods 3) Change in the age structure of the population 4) Change in income 5) Advertising 6) Changes to consumer taste/preference
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Factors affecting supply (6)
1) Weather conditions (agriculture factor) 2) Changes to production costs 3) Improvements to technology/innovation 4) No. of firms 5) Changes in prices of related goods 6) Firm expectations of future prices e.g. may hold back supply until price increases
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Determinants of PED (5)
1) No. of substitutes 2) Necessity/Luxury 3) Addictiveness 4) Time 5) Proportion of income spent on the product
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Determinants of price elasticity of supply (5)
1) Time required to produce the product 2) Level of spare production 3) No. of stocks/finished goods available 4) Time 5) Perishability of the product
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Consumer Surplus:
The extra amount of money consumers are prepared to pay for a good/service above what they actually pay + it is the utility or satisfaction gained from a good/service in excess of the amount paid for it
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Producer Surplus:
The extra amount of money paid to producers above what they are willing to accept to supply a good/service + it is the extra earning obtained by a producer above the minimum required for them to supply the good/service
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Income effect:
Assuming a fixed level of income, the income effect means that as the price falls the amount that consumers can afford increases + so demand increases
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Marginal utility
The utility or satisfaction obtained from consuming one extra unit of a good/service
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Diminishing Marginal Utility:
As successive units of a good are consumed, the marginal utility gained from each extra unit will fall
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Cross elasticity of demand (XED)
Measures the responsiveness of demand for one good to changes in the price of another good
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Income elasticity of demand (YED)
Measures the responsiveness of demand to changes in income
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Market failure
Is where too much or too little of a good is produced or consumed compared with the socially optimal level of output OR when the price mechanism leads to an inefficient allocation of resources
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External costs
A cost to a third party that is not involved in the making, buying, selling and consumption of a specific good/service (negative externality)
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External benefits
A benefit to a third party that is not involved in the making, buying, selling and consumption of a specific good/service (positive consumption)
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Non-rival
That consumption of a product does not prevent another person from also consuming that product e.g. radio programme, as if one person listens to the programme it doesn’t prevent another person from also listening to it. However, a radio itself is a rival good.
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Non-excludable
Means that once a good is provided, it is impossible to stop people from using it e.g. once a lighthouse is provided the ships cannot be prevented from benefitting from it
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Free-rider problem
Is a type of market failure that occurs because everybody is able to benefit from them
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Public goods
Goods that have the characteristics of non-rivalrous + non-excludability
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Regulation
Is a rule or law enacted by the gov that must be followed by economic agents + used to encourage a change in behaviour
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Minimum price
A price set ABOVE the market equilibrium price by the gov
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Maximum price
A price set BELOW the market equilibrium price by the gov
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Limit
A limit (cap) is set on the total amount of pollution (e.g. CO2) firms are allowed to emit over a period
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Government failure
When gov intervention designed to correct a market failure results in a less efficient allocation of resources
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Guaranteed minimum pricing scheme
Where the surplus output created is purchased by a gov agency at the minimum price + the main aim is to protect producers incomes
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Externalities
Are spill over effects from production and consumption for which no appropriate compensation is paid to one or more third parties affected They can cause market failure if the price mechanism does not take account of the social costs + benefits of production and consumption
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Profit Cap
- A limit on profits as a percentage of total revenue - Profit cap is usually introduced where supernormal profits are regarded as excessive
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Perfect information
When a buyer/seller has a complete understanding of the quality + nature of a good/service
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Symmetric information
When buyers/sellers have equal amounts of knowledge about a good/service
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Imperfect information
When a buyer/seller lacks a complete understanding of a quality + nature of a good/service
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Asymmetric information
When a buyer or seller has more info about a good/service than the other party
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Information gap
When either the buyer/seller doesn’t have access to the info for them to make a fully informed decision
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Irrational Behaviour
Happens when people make choices + decisions that go against the assumption of rational utility maximising behaviour

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