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Micro Economics Midterm
Chp 1 -9
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Economics
Undergraduate 1
03/12/2014

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Economics
Definition
The study of how we make choices
Term
Micro Economics
Definition
Study of national and global economy
Term
Buying an Iphone is an example of what?
Definition
A consumption good
Term
Getting a haircut is an example of what?
Definition
A consumption service
Term
Items that are purchased to increase a business productive resources is know as?
Definition
Capital Goods
Term
Goods and Services bought by a government account for what percent of total production?
Definition
17 %
Term
Production Possibility Model, describe the vertical axis and the horizontal axis.
Definition
Vertical- measures quantity of goods or services
Horizontal- measures the other goods and services
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What is PPF?
Definition
Production Possibility Frontier...the boundary between attainable and unattainable goods or services
Term
What is an market example of when buyers and sellers come together to sell and buy?
Definition
Ebay
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Quantity Demanded
Definition
Goods and Services is the amount that the consumers is welling to buy during a given period of time at a specific price
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Law of Demand
Definition
states that other things remain the same if the price of a good falls the QD increases.
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What is a demand schedule?
Definition
List of QD's at each different price when all other influence remain the same
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what is price elasticity of demand?
Definition
used to measure how responsive consumer are in change of price of the good
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How is Price of elasticity measured?
Definition
measures the response of QD of a good to change of its price
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What is perfectly elasticity demand?
Definition
means that consumers will buy a certain quantity regardless of price
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what is a command system?
Definition
allocates resources by order of someone of authority
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what is the market price allocation method?
Definition
allows people who are will and able to pay the price to get the resources
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waiting in line is a prime example of what allocation method?
Definition
first come first serve
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lottery allocation who gets the resources
Definition
winner does
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personal characteristics allocation who gets resources
Definition
the person who fits the right characteristics
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allocated efficiency is achieved when?
Definition
when quality of good and services are produce of t hose who value most highly
Term
what is a price ceiling?
Definition
max price that can be legally charged
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what is rent ceiling?
Definition
set below equilibrium and creates shortage
Term
price on black market does what?
Definition
it exceeds the legal impose of price ceiling example, selling weed on streets because price to high by government
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what does rent ceiling do to the housing market?
Definition
increases the time spent on searching for homes
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what is tax incidence
Definition
is the division of burden of a tax between buyers and sellers
they share the cost
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what happens when a tax is imposed on sellers
Definition
decreases the supply and the supply curve shifts left
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what are imports?
Definition
goods and services we buy from other countries
Term
what are exports?
Definition
goods and services we buy sell to other countries
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what is a prime example of the largest import in USA?
Definition
crude oil
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what can domestic producers do?
Definition
they can determine if there are comparative advantages by comparing the amount received to world prices
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can a country export the goods that countries can produce at a low opportunity cost?
Definition
yes
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what happens when US imports goods that previously produce in US
Definition
price falls
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what is a tariff?
Definition
it is a tax on goods that imposed when imported
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