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economic problem
Factors of production and meaning,
What is the basic economic problem,
Definition of opportunity cost an...
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production possibility curves
What do production possibility cu...,
Different types of ppf s,
Different points on ppf
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demand and the demand curve
What is demand,
The law of demand and why,
Movements along the demand curve
5
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supply and the supply curve
What is supply,
Movements along the supply curve,
The law of supply
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market equilibrium and disequilibrium
Free market,
Market equilibrium vs disequilibrium,
What do prices do
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consumer and producer surplus
What is consumer surplus,
What is producer surplus,
How to find a consumer surplus on...
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interrelated markets
Different types of interrelated m...,
Joint demand complement explain e...,
Competitive demand substitutes ex...
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Price elasticity of demand
What is ped what does it measure,
Equation for ped,
Different types of elasticity
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price elasticity of supply
What is price elastic of supply,
Equation for price elasticity of ...,
Different types of elasticity
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cross elasticity of demand
What is cross elasticity of demand,
Equation for cross elasticity of ...,
How can you tell what type of a g...
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income elasticity of demand
What is income elasticity of demand,
Equation yed,
How to tell what type of good it ...
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elasticity business use and limitations
Ped and business use,
Pes,
Xed and business use
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indirect tax, full market impact
What do indirect taxes do,
Different types of taxes,
Different indirect taxes
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indirect tax and elasticity
Ped 1 it,
Ped 1 it,
Pes 1 it
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subsidy full market impact
What is a subsidy and what is it ...,
Effect of subsidy on a graph
2
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minimum price/price floor- full market impact
Minimum price and price flooring ...,
Effect of minimum pricing price f...
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maximum price/price ceiling- full market impact
What is maximum price price ceili...,
Effect of max pricing on the graph
2
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allocative efficiency
Different types of costs if marke...,
Allocative efficiency equations,
What is allocative efficiency
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types of market failure
What is market failure,
Types of market failure
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positive externalities in production/consumption
What is a positive externality,
Positive externality in consumption,
Positive externality in productio...
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merit and demerit goods
Merit goods definition why they o...,
Demerit goods
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public goods
Characteristics of pure public go...,
Free,
Quasi public goods
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common access resources and the tragedy of the commons
What are common access resources ...,
The tragedy of the commons and graph
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government failure
Definition of government failure ...,
Types of government failure
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indirect tax and market failure
What is an indirect tax,
General impact of indirect tax on...,
Impact of indirect tax on ne in p...
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subsidy and market failure
What is a subsidy,
General effect of subsidy on posi...,
Effect of sobusdy on positive ext...
4
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regulation and market failure
Regulation definition,
Regulation and how it resolves ma...,
Issues with regulation and market...
3
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tradable pollution permits
What are tradable pollution permi...,
Effect of tradable pollution perm...,
How tradable pollution permits work
4
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state provision to solve market failure
State provision and when it can o...,
How it works,
Graph of state provision
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price controls (min/max) and market failure
Min price and market failure,
Issues with minimum pricing,
Maximum pricing and resolving mar...
4
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information provision and market failure
What is information provision,
Effect on graph info provision me...,
How information provision works t...
4
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property rights for market failure
How property rights solve market ...,
Issues with property rights and m...
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economic systems
Different types of economies,
Free market,
Allocative efficiency in a free m...
5
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specialisation and division of labour
Specialisation,
Advantages and disadvantages of s...,
What is the division of labour
4
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positive normative statements and economic methodology
Natural vs social science,
Economic methodology,
Positive vs normative statements
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elasticity along the demand curve
Why does ped vary along the deman...
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law of diminishing returns
What is the law of diminishing re...,
Why does the law of diminishing r...
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fixed and variable costs
Different types of costs,
Equation for total fixed costs av...,
Average variable cost
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marginal and average cost curves
Shape and equation of marginal co...,
Average cost equation and curve
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total costs
Curve of total fixed variable and...
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long run costs and returns to scale
What is the long run,
Long run average cost curve and why
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economies of scale
Economies of scale and different ...,
Diseconomies of scale
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revenue marginal total and average
What is revenue,
Equation for average total and ma...,
What is perfect competition
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profit- supernormal, normal and subnormal
What is economic profit and what ...,
Different types of economic profits
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objectives of firms
Objective of firms why and but,
Where is profit max,
Profit satisficing and groups harmed
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barriers to entry and exit
What are barriers to entry and ex...,
Barriers to exit
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business efficiency
Economic efficiency,
Allocative productive x and dynam...
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efficnecy analysis
Allocative definition condition c...,
Productive efficiency definition ...,
Dynamic efficnecy definition cond...
4
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perfect competition
Conditions of perfect comp,
Graph of perfect competition,
Supernormal profit to the long ru...
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perfect competition shutdown condition
Shutdown competition,
Shutdown and breakeven condition,
Loss shutdown and no shutdown graph
3
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monopoly
Characteristics and what it is,
Monopoly diagram,
Conclusions of monopoly
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monopoly deadweight welfare loss
Why do they cause deadweight welf...
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price discrimination: first, second and third degree
Price discrimiantion,
Conditions for price discrimination,
First degree and graph
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natural monopoly
Natural monopoly examples,
Characteristics of natural monopoly,
Natural monopoly graph 22
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pros, cons evaluation of monopoly power
Cons of monopolies,
Pros of monopoly power,
Evaluation of monopoly power
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competitive markets
Pros of competitive markets,
Cons of competitive markets,
Evaluation of competitive markets
3
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monopolistic comp
Characteristics of monopolistic c...,
Short run monopolistic comp,
Shift to long run in monopolistic...
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concentration ratios
What is the concentration ratio a...,
Example of large firms
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oligopoly kinked demand curve
What is an oligopoly,
Examples of oligopoly,
Why kinked demand curve
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game theory
Prisoner dilemma,
Inclusion of game theory
2
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oligopoly behaviour
Competition oligopoly what factor...,
Collusiveoligopoly what factors p...
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contestable markets
What is a contestable market,
Effect of tech on contestability,
Monopoly market contestability
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competition policy
Who enacts competition policy,
Aims of competition policy,
When will completion policy inter...
3
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monopoly regulation, competition policy
Examples of monopoly regulation,
Evaluation of competition policy
2
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privatisation
Privatisation,
Graph of privatisation,
Advantages and disadvantages of p...
4
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deregulation
What is dergulation,
Graph of deregulation,
Advantages and disadvantages of d...
4
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nationalisation
Nationalisation,
Arguments in favour vs against,
Evaluation of nationalisation
3
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tech change
Invention vs innovation,
Graph of tech change and efficien...,
Market structures
3
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cost benefit analysis
Cost benefit analysis,
Positives of cba
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imperfect info and decision making
Information failure
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behavioural economics
What is behavioural economics,
Traditional vs behavioural on how...,
Cognitive biases in behavioural e...
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demand for labour
Dead curve for labour and nature ...,
Marginal revenue product of labou...,
Demand curve labour market firm a...
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individual labour supply
Indiviudal labour supply and fact...,
Labour supply curve and why,
Labour supply curve
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perfectly competitive labour market
Characteristics of perfectly comp...,
Wage determination of a perfectly...
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labour market impacts
Wage differentials and labour mar...,
Monopsonies and labour market imp...,
Trade unions labour market
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wage differentials
Why do men earn more than women,
Why do footballers earn more than...,
Why do londoners get more than no...
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income, wealth and inequality
Income vs wealth and reasons for ...,
Lorenz curve and gini coefficient...,
Poverty and types and causes
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