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Positive Economics

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Factual economics that is able to be proven

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Normative Economics

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Opinionated economics with no factual evidence to back it up

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Utility

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Amount of satisfaction gained from the use of a product/service

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Diminishing Marginal Utility

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Decreasing change in satisfaction from consuming extra units

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Production Possibility Frontier

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The maximum output combinations of two goods and economy can achieve when resources are fully utilised and employment is maximum efficiency

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Factors of production

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Resources that are the building blocks of the economy : Land, Labour, Capital, Enterprise

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Basic Economic Problem

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Problem of scarcity- unlimited wants but limited resources

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3 Main Market Systems

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Command economy (Government controlled), Free Market ( No government intervention), Mixed economy

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Demand

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Amount of a product consumers will buy at a certain price

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Impact on demand curve if price of good changes

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You move along the curve

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Expansion of demand

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Rise in demand only due to a fall in price

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Contraction of demand

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Fall in demand due to a rise in price

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Impact of demand curve due to any factor other than price

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Shift in the curve

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Factors that could shift the demand curve

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Population, Advertising, Seasonality, Interest Rates

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Price Elasticity of Demand

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The responsiveness of demand due to a change in price

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Price elastic for demand

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Where %change in demand is greater than %change in price (-1 or less)

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Price inelastic of demand

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Where %change in price is greater than %change in demand (between 0 and -1)

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Price elasticity of demand calculation

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% Change in Quantity Demand divided by % Change in Average Price

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Supply

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Amount of a product producers will supply at a certain price

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Impact on supply curve if price of good changes

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Move along the curve

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Expansion of supply

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Increase in supply due to a rise in price

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Contraction of supply

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Decrease in supply due to a decrease in price

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Impact on supply curve if any factor other than price changes

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Shift in the curve

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Factors that could shift the supply curve

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Costs of production (Wages), Government (taxes/subsidies), Natural factors (flood), Technology

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Price elasticity of supply
Responsiveness of supply due to a change in price
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Price elastic of supply
Where % change in supply is greater than a % change in price ( greater than 1)
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Price inelastic of supply
Where % change in supply is less than % change in price ( between 0 and 1)
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Price elastic of supply calculation
% change in quantity supplied divided by % change in average price
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Excess demand
Where demand is greater than supply
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Excess supply
Where supply is greater than demand
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Impact on price and output if government taxes production
Prices will increase as taxes will be passed on, decreasing output as demand will increase
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Ceterus Paribus
Everything else being equal
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How does the government use price elasticity of demand?
To make decision on taxation and regulation - inelastic products can be taxed more ( cigarettes )
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The Market mechanism
The decisions of consumers/businesses interacting to determine the allocation of resources
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3 Functions of the Price Mechanism
Rationing function, Signalling Function, Incentive Function
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Rationing Function
Greater scarcity, higher the price, more rationed the product is
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Signalling function
Price increases, more produced but less demand. Price decreases, less produced but more demand
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Incentive function
Higher price, incentive to produce more. Lower price, incentive to purchase more
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Substitute good
An alternative good that is very similar( or the same but different brand) that would effect the price of a good
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Complementary good
A good that works well or is used with a certain product
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Income elasticity of demand
The responsiveness of demand to a change in income
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Cross elasticity of demand
Responsiveness of demand of one good to changes in price of a related good
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Income elasticity of demand calculation
% change in quantity demand divided by % change of income
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What does a negative value in income elasticity of demand mean?
Good is inferior, when income increases demand is likely to decrease
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What does a positive value mean in income elasticity of demand?
Good is normal or luxury, increase in income increases demand ( any value 2+ is a luxury good )
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Cross Elasticity Calculation
% change of quantity demand for Good A divided by % change of price for Good B
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Negative value in cross elasticity meaning
The goods are compliments for each other
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Positive value in cross elasticity meaning
The goods are substitutes for each other
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3 Ways firms can use elasticity’s
Determine risks, know the quality of good, know if they are diversifying goods
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Public goods
Goods that if provided for one, are provided for everyone
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Characteristics of a public good
Non-excludable, Non-rejectable, Non-rival consumption
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Merit Good
Goods/services that will benefit both the individual and the society - government feels that they’ll be under consumed
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Asymmetric information
Where one party has greater knowledge of the market than another ( and uses it to manipulate it to their advantage )
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Principal Agent
An arrangement where one entity legally appoints another to act on its behalf
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Positive Externality
A positive effect on a third party outside the product
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Negative externality
A negative effect on a third party outside the externality I.e drunk driving on alcohol
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Demerit good
Goods /services that will have negative impacts on the individual and society and the government feels if not regulated will be over consumed
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Ways the government can promote a positive externality
Advertisement, offer deals to use them, increase costs of alternatives
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Free rider problem
Public goods being overused by people who underpay for them
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Consumer surplus
Difference between the prices the consumer is willing to pay and the price they actually pay
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Government failure
When government intervention leads to a net welfare loss in society
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Producer Surplus
The difference between the price the produce is willing to charge against the price they actually charge

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