Mirco Test 1 (real test) Flashcards
Consumer surplus is the:
amount consumers are willing to pay for a good minus the amount the consumer actually pay for it
Producer surplus is the:
amount consumers actually pay for a good minus the amount the sellers are willing to sell the good
Total surplus equal
consumer surplus + producer surplus
Deadweight loss is the result of
- disequilibrium
- underproduction
- overproduction
all of these are correct
If a demand curve for a good were completely vertical, it would be considered:
perfectly inelastic
Price elasticity of demand refers to the ratio of the:
percentage change in the quantity demanded of a good to a percentage change in its price
If the percentage change in the quantity demanded of a good us less than the percentage change in price, price elasticity of demand is
inelastic
Demand price elasticity measures
how consumers change their purchases in response to a change in the price of a product
Elasticity measures how “sensitive” consumers are by measuring their change in ____ as the price of the product changes
quantity demanded
Firms would like to know the price elasticity of demand for their products because it helps determine the effect of price changes on the firms’
revenues
Two goods are complementary if:
they are used together
An inferior good is:
one that consumers buy less of as their income rises
The ability of a good to satisfy a want refers to its:
utility
A util represents a unit of measurement for the:
happiness a person obtains from consuming a good
Marginal utility is the change in:
total utility when an extra unit of output is consumed
The change in total utility due to a 1-unit change in the quantity consumed is:
marginal utility
The statement “as more of a good is consumed, the utility a person derives from each additional unit diminishes” is known as the:
law of diminishing marginal utility
Consumer equilibrium exists when:
ratio of marginal utility to price for all goods and services is equal
When Pepsi becomes more expensive relative to other beverages, people will purchase less pepsi. This observation is known as the:
substitution effect
When a reduction in the price of a good allows a consumer to purchase more of all goods, this effect is called the:
income effect
Which of the following is an explicit cost
the wages paid to workers
Which of the following is NOT an explicit cost
the firm owner’s time
The opportunity costs associated with the use of resources owned by a firm are
implicit costs
Which of the following would be considered an implicit cost
foregone rent on assets owned by the firm