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ECON202-UL-Grecco-CH:5,6,7
Microeconomics 202 - University of Lafayette, Instr: Grecco.
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Economics
Undergraduate 2
07/19/2014

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Term

Products yielding positive____________

 will tend to be under produced in a competitive economy.

Definition
externalities
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Increases in price reduce or increase  consumer surplus.

Definition
reduce
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Producer surplus 

Definition

difference between the actual price a producer receives (or Producers receive) and the minimum acceptable price that a consumer would have to pay the producer to make a particular unit of output available.

Term

How to calculate Consumersurplus or deficiit?

Definition

Maximum willing paying price (   -   ) Actual Market Price (   =  )  Consumer surplus or deficit  

Term

If Ted is willing to pay a max of $1.25 for an apple and the market has them for .50c, Ted has accomplished a ___________ consumer surplus.

Definition

.75c consumer surplus.

Term

When MB > MC, there is an over or under allocation of resources

Definition
under
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What do the characteristics of rivalry of private goods mean? (pg99)

 

Definition
  - When one person buys and consumes a product, it is not available for another person to buy and consume. Ex. When adams purchases and drinks a bottle of mineral water, it is not available for Benson to purchase
Term

The combined consumer and producer surplus is maximum when the market achieves ____________.

Definition
allocation efficiency
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The combined consumer and producer surplus is maximum when the ____________ achieves allocation efficiency. 

Definition
market 
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____________ occur at quantities other than the competitive equilibrium quantity.

Definition
Deadweight losses
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Deadweight losses occur at quantities other than the __________________.

Definition
competitive equilibrium quantity
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