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Chapter 3
McConnell Chapter 3 Ap Economics Terms
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Economics
12th Grade
09/16/2013

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market failures
Definition
failure that occur when curves don't reflect the actual picture
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demand side market failures
Definition
market failures that occur due to demand curves not reflecting customer's willingness to pay
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supply side market failures
Definition
market failures that occur due to supply curves not reflecting full costs
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consumer surplus
Definition
benefits the consumer receives in a transaction
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producer surplus
Definition
surplus a producer receives in selling a good at a higher price than needed
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efficiency losses
Definition
losses due to inefficiency because of supply or demand side market failures
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private goods
Definition
goods that have excludability and rivalry
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rivalry
Definition
competition between companies for consumers
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excludability
Definition
the ability to keep a good for one consumer exclusively
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public goods
Definition
good that don't have rivalry or excludability
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nonrivalry
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the inability to have any rivals or competition
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nonexcludability
Definition
it can't exclude other consumers
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free rider problem
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the issue that people who would pay for a good are not due to its nonexcludability
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cost benefits analysis
Definition
the analysis of the costs and benefits in an economic action
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quasi public goods
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public goods that can be marketed in the private market but aren't due to the small private market
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externality
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a factor external of a transaction that has not been accounted for.
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Coase Theorem
Definition
the idea that private bargaining can be used to settle legal matters
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optimal reduction of an externality
Definition
reducing an externality to the optimal amount to balance marginal cost and marginal benefit
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