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Demand

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The quantity of a good or service consumers are willing and able to buy at a given price in a given period of time.

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Market Demand

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The total quantity demanded in a market

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Condition of demand

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A determinant of demand, other than its price that fixes the position of a demand curve

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Inferior good

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A good for which demand decreases as income rises

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Normal good

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A good for which demand decreases as income rises

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Supply

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The quantity of a good or service that firms plan to sell at given prices in a given period of time

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Market supply

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The quantity of a good or service that all the firms in the market plan to sell

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Profit

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Total revenue minus total cost

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Condition of supply

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A determinant of supply, other than a good’s price, that fixes the position of the supply curve

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Ad valorem tax

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A percentage expenditure tax e.g. VAT

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Expenditure tax

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A tax levied by the government on spending by consumers. The firm pay the government, consumers pay indirectly via price rise

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Unit/specific tax

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A tax levied on a particular unit of a good, irrespective of its price

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Subsidy

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Money given to firms to offset the cost of production

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Competitive market

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A market with a large number of buyers and sellers possessing good market info and are easily able to enter or leave the market

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Market equilibrium

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When planned demand equals planned supply

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Excess supply

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When firms wish to sell more than consumers wish to buy at a price above the equilibrium price

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Market disequilibrium

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When a market fails to clear. Plans of consumer and suppliers are inconsistent with each other

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Excess demand

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When consumers wish to buy more than firms wish to sell, the the price below the equilibrium price

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Incentive function

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Price creates incentives for consumers and firms to behave in certain ways

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Rationing or allocative function

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Prices allocate scarce resources between competing uses

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Signalling function

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Prices provide information to buyers and sellers

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Elasticity

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The proportionate responsiveness of one variable to an intial proportionate change in another

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Price elasticity of demand

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The proportionate response of demand in response to a proportionate change in price

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Price elasticity of supply

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The proportionate response of supply in response to a proportionate change in price

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Cross elasticity of demand
The proportionate change in demand for one good in response to a change in price of another
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Income elasticity of demand
The proportionate change in demand in response to a proportionate change in income
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Speculation
The belief price will either fall or rise in the future, results in capital gains or losses
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Production
Conversion of inputs into outputs
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Productivity
Output per unit of input. e.g. labour
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Division of labour
The concept that different workers should be made to perform different tasks. This allows for specialization.
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Specialisation
A worker performing one or few tasks.
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Exchange
The changing of goods, or trade. Money is used for a medium for exchange
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Average/unit cost
The cost per unit of input
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Productive efficiency
Occurs when a firm minimises its average cost to the lowest point on the average cost curve
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Economy of Scale
The falling unit cost as a firm increases its output
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Diseconomy of scale
Rising average cost as a firm's output increases
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Market failure
A market completely or partially failing to provide the wrong quantity of a good, leading to a misallocation of resources.
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Equity
Fairness or justness
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Private good
A good such as an orange which is both excludable and rival
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Public good
A good which is both non-excludable and non-rival. Such as a radio programme
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Free rider
Somebody who benefits from a good without paying for it.
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Good
Something that yields utility
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Bad
Something that yields disutility
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Externality
A benefit or cost 'dumped' on third parties outside the transaction.
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Margin
Refers to the last unit of a good.
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Marginal benefit
The benefit from the last unit of a good
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Marginal cost
The cost resulting from the last unit of a good
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Social cost
The total cost of an activity
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Private benefit maximisation
MPC=MPB
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Social benefit
The total benefit of an activity
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Social benefit maximisation
MSC-=MSB
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Merit good
A good where the social benefits of consumption are greater than the private benefits. e.g. healthcare
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Demerit good
A good, where the social cost of consumption exceed the private cost. e.g. Tabacco
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Normative statement
A statement of opinion based on a value judgement
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Positive statement
A statement of fact, or one that can be scientifically tested
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Monopoly
A market dominated by one firm
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Pure monopoly
One firm only in a market
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Natural Monopoly
A market in which there is only room for one firm benefiting from full economies of scales
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Utility industry
A industry such as post, which delivers its service to millions of separate customers
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Immobility of labour
The inability of labour to move from one job to another. Geographic, occupational
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Income
The flow of money received e.g. wage
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Wealth
The total stock of assets that a person owns
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Regulation
The imposition of rules, controls and constraints which restrict the freedom of economic action in a market.
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Taxation
A compulsory levy placed by the government to pay for its activities. Can be placed on things like demerit goods.
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Nationalisation
The state taking over firms previously in the private sector
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Privatisation
The state selling nationalised firms into the private sector
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Fiscal policy
Use of taxation and spending to achieve policy objectives
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Government transfers
The payment of money to an individual without receiving any service in return
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Progressive taxation
A tax imposed where people pay more as income rises
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Price ceiling
A price above which it is illegal to trade. Maximum legal prices, create excess demand
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Price floor
A price which below which it is illegal to trade. Creates excess supply
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Secondary market
A market which comes into existence when a primary market can't function properly
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Buffer stock
A store of an commodity or agricultural good, added to market in a shortage and removed in excess
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Intervention price
A price at which a buffer stock agency will either buy or sell a good.
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Government failure
When government intervention is either wasteful or ineffective.

Economics definitions (4 decks)

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