semestre 4 parcial

Question 1

Is characterized by an elaborate network of tradethat depends on specializationand an intricate division of labor.

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modern mixed economy

Question 2

Make extensive use of money, which provides the yardstick for measuring economic values and is the means of payment.

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modern mixed economy

Question 3

mixed economy is the combination of:

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market economy and centralized economy

Question 4

Mechanismthrough which buyers and sellers interact to determine prices and exchange goods, services, and assets.

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market

Question 5

Thevalueofa Good in termsofmoney; thetermsonwhichdifferentítems can be exchanged

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price

Question 6

problems of economic organization

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what ( money votes, profits)
how (minimum costs, technology)
for whom (income, factor services, factor prices)
tastes
technology

Question 7

Buying, selling, or exchanging, goods and/or services between people or countries

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trade

Question 8

People and countries concentrate their efforts on a particular set oftasks

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specialization

Question 9

Dividing production into a number of small specialized steps or tasks

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division of labor

Question 10

A single buyerorseller CAN affect the price of a good (Monopoliesand Monopsonies)

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imperfect competition

Question 11

(Or spillover effects) Occur when firms or people impose costs or benefits on others outside the marketplace (Pollution; a new drug)

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externalities

Question 12

Commodities which can be enjoyed by everyone and from which no one can be excluded (Street lights)

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public goods

Question 13

the role of the government in modern mixed economy

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1. they increase efficiency by promoting competition, curbing externalities and providing public goods
2. they promote equity by using tax and expenditure programs to redistribute income toward particular groups

Question 14

Commodities which can be enjoyed by everyone and from which no one can be excluded (Street lights)

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economy

Question 15

To produce the highest combination of quantity and quality of goods and services given the technology and scarce resources.

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efficiency

Question 16

Goodsare limitedrelative todesires

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scarcity

Question 17

Studies the behavior of individual entities such as markets, firms, and households.

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micro economics

Question 18

its concerned with the overall performance of the economy

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macroeconomics

Question 19

fallacy involves the inference of causality. Occurs when we assume that, because one event occurred before another event, the first event caused the second event.

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the post hoc fallacy

Question 20

When you assume that what is true for the part is also true for the whole, you are committing the fallacy of composition.

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fallacy of composition

Question 21

Commodities or services that are used to produce goods and services

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inputs

Question 22

Useful goods or services that are either consumed or employed in further production

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outputs

Question 23

societys technological posibilities

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inputs –> production process –> outputs

Question 24

shows the maximum quantity of goods that can be efficiently produced by an economy, given its technological knowledge and the quantity of available inputs.

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the production possibility frontier

Question 25

the ___ of a decision is the value of the good or service forgone.

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opportunity cost

Question 26

of a decision is the value of the good or service forgone.

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Price elasticity of demand or price elasticity

Question 27

The responsiveness of the quantity supplied of a good to its market price

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supply elasticity

Question 28

perfectly competitive market have:

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• market with many buyers and sellers
• trading identical products
• each buyer and seller is a price taker
• firms can freely enter or exit the market

Question 29

this point comes where revenues just cover variable costs or where losses are equal to fixed costs. When the price falls below average variable costs, the form will maximize profits by ____

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shutting down, shutdown rule

Question 30

prevails in an industry whenever individual sellers can affect the price of their output

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imperfect competition

Question 31

a single producer, product without close substitutes

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monopoly

Question 32

few producers, products can be differentiated or have little to no difference

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oligopoly

Question 33

many producers, many real or perceived differences in product

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monopolistic competition

Question 34

costs and market imperfection

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• cost structure and economies of scale
• market size

Question 35

barriers to entry the sources of market imperfection

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• legal restrictions
• high cost of entry
• advertising and product differentiation

Question 36

the change in revenue generated by an additional unit of sales

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marginal revenue

Question 37

is the study of how societies use scarce
resources to produce valuable goods and services and
distribute them among different individuals.

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economics

Question 38

factors of production

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land, labor, capital and entrepreneurship

Question 39

occurs when an economy cannot produce more of one good without producing less of another good; this implies that the economy is on its production-possibility frontier.

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productive efficiency