Part 2 Flashcards

(31 cards)

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Market

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Is a way of bringing together buyers and sellers

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Market economy

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An economy in which scarce resources are allocated by the market

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Primary sector

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The direct use of natural resources including extraction of basic materials and goods from land and sea

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Secondary sector

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All activities in an economy concerned with either manufacturing or construction

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Tertiary sector

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All activities in an economy that involve the idea of a service

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Production of goods

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Involves using and finished goods to make a whole good

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Production of services

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Is the process of providing service to a consumer

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Product market

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Where final goods and services are offered to consumers businesses and the public sector

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Factor market

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Where the services of the factors of production and are brought and sold

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Specialisation

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The process by which individuals, firms regions and countries concentrate on producing those products that they are best at doing

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Exchange

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The giving up of something that an individual or firm has in return for something they wish to have

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What is demand

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The willingness and ability to purchase a good or service at the given price in a given time period

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Law of demand

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Normally, the quantity demanded varies inversely with the price

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Demand curve

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A graph that shows how the demand for a product varies with the changes in prices

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Individual demand

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The demand for a good or service by and individual consumer

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Market demand

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The total fend for a good or service
Found by adding together all individual demands

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Shifting the demand curve is

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A complete moment of the existing demand curve either outward to the right or inward to the left

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Movement along the demand curve

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When the price changes (due to a change in supply) leading to a movement up or down the existing demand curve

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What causes a shift in demand

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Shifts in the demand curve are cause by non-price factors

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Subsidy

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An amount of Manet a gonverment gives directly to firms and encourage production and consumption

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Tax

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A compulsory payment to the government

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Price elasticity of demand

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The responsiveness of quantity demand to a change in the price of the product

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Elastic demand

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When the percentage change in quantity demand is greater than the percentage change in price

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Interesting demand

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When the percentage change in Quantity demand is less the percentage change in price

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Supply curve
A graph showing how the supply of a product varies with changes In its price
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Individual supply
The supply of a god or service by an Individual producer
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Market supply
The total supply of goods and services found together by adding together all individual producers supplies
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Shift of the supply curve
A complete movement of the existing supply curve either to the right or left leading to more or less profit
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Movement along the supply curve
When the price changes moving it up or down
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Price elacisity of supply
The responsiveness of quantity supplied to a change in the price of the product
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Elastic supply
When the percentage change u. Quantity supplied is less than the percentage change