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1
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microeconomics

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actions on a small scale, how do consumers choose to purchase goods

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2
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opportunity cost

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what we give up in order to pursue a certain thing

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3
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thinking on the margin

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comparing the costs and benefits of a little more/less

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4
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marginal costs and benefits

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the costs/benefits of incremental changes

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5
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incentives

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rewards, punishments, and prices, how people choose their purchases

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6
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market

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a group of buyers and sellers

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7
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invisible hand

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when people in markets base their action on self interest, they often do what’s best for society

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8
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circular flow diagram

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economic model that pictures consumers and producers interacting in goods & services and the factors of production

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9
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flow of inputs in circular flow diagram

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households sell inputs (factors of production), businesses use these to create goods and services, businesses sell goods

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10
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flow of money in circular flow diagram

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households spend on g+s, businesses use money of production, remaining money goes to wages (back into households)

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11
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production possibilities frontier

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graph of the number of goods an economy can produce based on available resources

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12
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absolute advantage

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ability of one producer to make goods using fewer inputs

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13
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comparative advantage

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ability to make a good at a lower opportunity cost relative to another producer

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14
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competitive market

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market where the goods are similar and no one individual impacts the price significantly

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15
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law of demand

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demand for a good changes inversely to its price

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16
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market demand

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sum of the quantity demanded at each price point by all consumers in a market

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17
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factors that shift the demand curve

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change in number of buyers, buyer income, price changes in related goods, taste changes, buyers expectations

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18
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normal goods

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goods where the demand goes up when income increases

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19
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inferior goods

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goods where demand goes up if income decreases

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20
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law of supply

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quantity supplied changes in direct relation to its price

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21
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factors that shift the supply curve

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numer of sellers, price of inputs, price of related goods, sellers expectations

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22
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substitute goods

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goods that can be produced from the same resource (rise in price of one shits the other’s supply curve left)

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23
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complement goods

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goods that are jointly produced (by-product), rise of price in one shifts the supply curve right

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24
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market equillibrium

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point where supply and demand curves intersect (most stable

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25
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price elasticity of demand

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how sensitive demand is to changes in price

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26
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what does a flatter demand curve mean

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a more elastic price elasticity of demand

27
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quantity effect

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how much revenue decreases if price increases causes decreased quantities

28
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when will revenue increase when price increases

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an inelastic market

29
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what markets are more elastic

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goods with close substitutes, luxury items

30
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what markets are less elastic

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broadly defined markets (lack of substiutes in a wide product range), relatively inexpensive items

31
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income elasticity of demand

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how responsive demand is to changes in income (normal +, inferior -)

32
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cross price elasticity of demand

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how responsive demand is for one when the other changes ( substitutes +, complements -)

33
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price elasticity of supply

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how responsive selers are to price changes (flatter = more elastic)

34
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price celings

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legislation that bars businesses from hiking prices

35
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binding price celings

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price ceilings below eq’m price, causes a shortage

36
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consumer surplus

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purchases under someone’s willingness to pay (think stairs), area under demand curve, over price

37
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falling consumer surplus

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prices rise past a groups willingness to pay, people exit market, others now have to pay more

38
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producer surplus

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sales above a seller’s willingness to sell, area under price and above supply curve

39
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marginal buyer/seller

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first people to leave market when prices rise/fall

40
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how do taxes shift the demand curve

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shift the demand curve down/left, drive a wedge between price paid and price received.

41
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who bears most of the burden of taxation

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whichever group is less elastic (other group will leave the market)

42
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3 key effects of taxes

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increase price paid, decrease price received, lower quantity bought/sold

43
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deadweight loss

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fall of total surplus due to market distortion

44
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how are deaweight loss and taxes related

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deadweight loss increases faster than taxes

45
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laffer curve

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the relationship between tax revenue and tax size

46
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domestic price

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price without trade, adjusts to match world price

47
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arguments for trade restrictions

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tade destroys jobs in importeed industries, industry important to national security should be protected, new industries should be nutured

48
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tariff

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tax applied to specific imports

49
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benefits of trade

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increased variety, lower costs (per unit), fewer monopolies, flow of ideas/tech, could help with peace

50
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negative externalities

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unintentional social costs that are not borne by the individual responsible

51
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social cost

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expenses incurred by a society from the sale of a good

52
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how to correct negative eternalities

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internalizing it, corrective taxes

53
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where is the most efficient price when externalities are considered

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intersection of social cost/demand (negative externalities), or social value and supply

54
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command and control policies

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direct government control over specific actions

55
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market-based policy for externalities

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incentivisation to choose the socially optimal quantity

56
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corrective taxes and subsidies

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aka pigouvian taxes, matches market supply/demand to socially optimal

57
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tadeable permits

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predetermined caps that can be traded between businesses

58
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coase theorem

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private parties can bargain over allocatiion of resources and solve externalities on their own

59
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private goods

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excludable, rival

60
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club goods

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excludable, nonrival

61
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common resources

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non-excludable, rival

62
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public goods

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non-excludable, non rival

63
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free rider problem

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no incentive to pay for the good, benefit from those who will pay

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