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Midterm 2 Flashcards

1
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Price Elasticity of Demand

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Measures the responsiveness of Quantity Demanded to a Change in Price

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Income Elasticity of Demand

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Measure the responsiveness of Quantity Demanded to a change in Income

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Elasticity of Supply

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Measures the responsiveness of Quantity Supplied to a change in Price

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Cross Price Elasticity

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Measures the responsiveness of Quantity Demanded of one good to the change in Price for another good

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Sin Tax

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Governement taxing certain goods (cigarettes & alcohol) to indirectly generate revenue to cover the Consumers’ Tax Burden

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3 Assumptions of Preferences

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  1. Completeness
  2. Transitivity
  3. Nonsatiation
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Completeness

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Consumer has choice between 2 goods, so they rank them so that ONLY 1 of these is true:

i) Consumer prefers 1 over 2
ii) Consumer prefers 2 over 1
iii) Consumer is indifferent

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Tansitivity

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Consumer prefers good X over good Y, then they must prefer good W over good Z

  • Prefer pink to yellow, & prefer yellow to orange therefore you prefer pink to orange (Because pink is above yellow, which is above orange)
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Nonsatiation

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More of a commodity is preferred to less
- Ceteris paribus

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Utility

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Satisfaction, happiness, need for fulfillment consumers recieve from good/ service

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Marginal Utility

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Change in Utility results from incremental change in consumption of good/ service

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Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility

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More of a good/ service is consumed, the Smaller the Increase in Utility
- 3rd adds less than the 2nd, 4th adds less than the 3rd
- does NOT apply to $

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Consumers’ Objective

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To Maximize their Utility subject to their income

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Consumer Equilibrium

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Must satisfy BOTH conditions:
1) Consumer must spend ALL of their income
2) Gossen’s 2nd Law (Equimarginal in Consumption)

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Discrete VS Continous

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Discrete: CANNOT be broken into pieces
- Can’t sell 1/4 of a car
Continous: CAN be continually divided
- Sell orange juice in 1L, 250ml, etc.

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16
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Voluntary Programs

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Responsibilty is on the individual
- There is NO incentive

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17
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Impure PRIVATE Good

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Club good

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Impure PUBLIC Good

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Open access resources

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Consumer Surplus

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Difference between what the consumer is willing to pay & what they have to offer

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Marginal Value

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Value to society
- Necessary vs Luxury

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21
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Sunk Cost Fallacy

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Allowing past cost decision to influence current behavior

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OverConfidence

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People assume they know more than they do
- Leads to bad decisions/ mistakes

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OverEmphasizing the Present

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People put too much emphasis upon current consumption

24
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Framing Bias

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Consumers may react to a small difference in price

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Warm Globe Bias

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People make choices because they are trying to influence people’s perception of themselves

26
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Sole Propietorship

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Business is owned by a single person
PROS:
- easy to form & dissolve
- decision making power resides with sole owner
- only taxed once
CONS:
- Unlimited Liability for debts of the firm

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Unlimited Liability

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Owner’s personal assets can be seized by the firm’s creditors

28
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Partnership

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Business is owned by 2+ people
PROS:
- easy to form & dissolve
- permits specialization
- spreads risk
CONS:
- Joint Unlimited Liability
- decision making is more complex

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Joint Unlimited Liability

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Each partner is equally liable for debt acquired by business

30
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Corporation

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Legal entity that may conduct business in its own name just as an individual does
- owners = shareholders
PROS:
- can raise large sums of money
- Limited Liabilty
CONS:
- subject to Double Taxation
- subject to Principal Agent Problem

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Limited Liability

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Personal assets CANNOT be seized

32
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Double Taxation

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Profits of corporation are subject to
1) Corporate Taxation
2) Income Tax

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Principal Agent Problem

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Managers not doing what was promised to the Shareholders

  • Shareholers want to MAX firm profits
  • Managers want to MAX personal salary
34
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Primary Market for Stocks

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Corporation issues a new stock
- where the 1st transaction occurs

35
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Secondary Market for Stocks

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Existing stock are bought & sold

36
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Variable Inputs

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Quantity of the input CAN be charged within the time period

37
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Fixed Inputs

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Quantity of the input CANNOT be changed within the time period

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Short-Run

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At least 1 input is Fixed

39
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Long-Run

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ALL inputs are Variable

40
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Total Product

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Total amount of labour reduced during some time period

41
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Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns

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As more of an input as added to production process, eventually the increase in output will diminish
- All other inputs constant

42
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Accounting Costs

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Actual expenditures & expenses for capital equipment

  • ONLY includes Explicit Costs
43
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Economic Costs

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Accounting Cost + Opportunity Costs

44
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Fixed Costs in Short-Run

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Costs that DO NOT change as output changes
- ex: Price of car, Registration fees

45
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Variable Costs in Short-Run

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Costs that DO change as output changes
- ex: Gas, Maintenance

46
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Perfect Competition structure

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Lots of little firms, homogeneous products, MANY buyers & sellers, FREEDOM of entry & exit, NO influence on market

47
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Monopoly structure

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Only 1 firm

48
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Monopolistic Competition structure

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Hybrid of Monopoly & Perfect Competition

49
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Oligopoly structure

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Few LARGE firms, homogeneous products, power over price, HIGH entry barriers

50
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Marginal Revenue

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Change in Total Revenue resulting from an incremental change in output

51
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Marginal Costs

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Change in Total Cost resulting from an incremental change in output

  • Measures how much cost changes as we produce 1 more of some product
52
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Producers’ Surplus

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Amount producers are paid - what they are willing to accept

  • CANNOT be negative
53
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Change in Quantity Demanded

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Caused by change in product’s Price

  • Movement ALONG Demand Curve
54
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Change in Quantity Supplied

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Caused by change in Price

  • Movement ALONG Supply Curve

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