micro chapter 3 Flashcards

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what are 3 non-price factors that may influence your demand for a good or service

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.disposable income
.price of other goods
.personal preference

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what is joint demand

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demand for goods that are dependent such that they are demanded together

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what is composite demand

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demand for a good that has multiple uses

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what is competitive demand

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demand for goods that are in competition with each other

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define ceterius peribus

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meaning ‘all other thing equal’ and is used when we examine one variable while holding other influences

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what is the law of demand ( and therefore the demand curve relationship)

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there is an inverse relationship between quantity demanded and the price of a good or service ceteris paribus

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what does the demand curve actually show

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a graph showing how much of a good will be demanded by consumers at any given price

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what will a shift in price (only) cause the demand curve to do

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shift in price , ceterius paribus will cause movement along the demand curve, extension or contraction

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what will a change in non-price factors ceterius paribus cause on the demand curve

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it will cause a shift, moving the entire demand curve inwards or outwards

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what factors cause demand curve to SHIFT (5)

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.change in disposable income
.change in trends/preferences
.advertising
.changes in prices of substitute goods
.changes in prices of complementary goods
.changes in population
.seasonal factors

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define a nominal good

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good where the quantity demanded increases in response to an income in consumer good (organic food, luxury clothes, advanced tech)

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define inferior goods

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goods where the quantity of demand decreases in response to an increase in consumer income

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what will happen to demand curve of normal goods when income increases

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increase in disposable income will cause an outward shift

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what will happen to demand curve of inferior goods when income increase

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increased disposable income will shift the demand curve inwards as more people can afford other more expensive options

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define consumer surplus

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is the difference between the total amount that costumers are willing and able to pay for a good or service and the market value (total amount they actually pay)

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what will happen to consumer surplus if the price of a good increase

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it will reduce the overall size of consumer surplus

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What fav

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-Productivity
-Indirect taxes
-Number of firms
-Technology
-Subsides
-Weather
-Costs of production

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Define a normal good

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Where the quantity increases in response to an increase in consumer income

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Define an inferior good

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Good where quantity demanded decreases when there is an increase in consumer income

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6 influences on how much firms supply

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COP
technology of production
Taxes and subsidies
Prices of related goods
Expected prices
Number of firms in a market

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Define joint supply

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When a firm produces more than one product together

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Define competitive supply

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Where firms can use its FOP to produce alternative products

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What is excess supply

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Situation where firms are willing and able to supply more than the quantity demanded by consumers

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What is excess demand

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Situation where quantity demanded at the going price exceeds quantity firms are willing and able to supply more than

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What is excess demand
Situation where quantity demanded at the going price exceeds quantity firms are willing and able to supply
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4 factors that effect a goods PED
availability of substitutes Necessity or luxury Proportion of income spent Time period of price change
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For XED when are the two goods substitutes
When answer is +
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For XED when are the goods complements
When the value is -
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Define market failure
Miss allocation of resources
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What is marginal social benefit
Additional benefit gained by society from consuming an extra unit of good
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Define marginal social cost
The cost to society of producing an extra unity of good
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What are public goods
Goods that are non excludable and non rival Therefor cannot be provided by private firms
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What are merit goods
Goods believed to be under consumed in a free market because people are unaware of the full benefits
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Demerit good?
Goods that are over consumed in a free market because people are unaware of the full costs
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Define externality
Cost or benefit that is external to a market transaction therefore not accounted for in the market price
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Define asymmetric information
Situation where participants in a market have better information about market conditions than others
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5 examples of asymmetric info
Second hand car market Pensions Insurance Education Healthcare
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Define moral hazard
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What is a private good
Good once consumer by another other people can be excluded from consuming it
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Explain free rider problem
When an individual cannot be excluded from consuming a good and so has no incentive to pay for its provision
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what point is there allocative efficiency
When price = marginal social cost
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What are quasi goods
A public good that sometimes shows pure characteristics of public goods (non rival non excludable) but sometimes shows characteristics of private goods
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What is indirect tax
Tax levied on expenditure on goods or services
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What’s direct tax
Tax charged directly to individuals as a component of income
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When do market failures happen detailed
When price mechanism causes an inefficient allocation of resources
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When price mechanism causes an inefficient allocation of resources
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What is a public private partnership
Arrangement where government service or private business venture is funded and operated through a partnership
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3 reasons for government intervention
Correct market failures Improve economic efficiency Redistribution of income
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5 ways government can combat market failures
New laws Trade restrictions Subsidies Tariffs Taxes
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What is ad valorem tax
Percentage tax
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What is specific (unit) tax
Set tax per unit
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What are the 4 types of market failures
Externalities Public goods Information asymmetries Market powers (monopolies)
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