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MicroEconomics
UGA Mankiw
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Economics
Undergraduate 2
09/04/2012

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Scarcity
Definition
the limited nature of society's resources
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Efficiency
Definition
the property of society getting the most it can from its SCARCE RESOURCES
Term
Equality
Definition
the property of distributing prosperity UNIFORMLY among people
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Productivity
Definition
QUANTITY of goods & services produced from EACH UNIT of LABOR
Term
Opportunity cost:
Definition
whatever must be given up to get sth
Term
Who are the decision makers?
Definition
Firms & Households
Term
the factors of production are best defined as the (inputs outputs produce what?)
Definition
INPUTS used to produce goods/services (Land, Labor, Capital)
Term
Changes in wage does NOT cause the demand curve to shift. What causes the labor demand curve to shift?
Definition
- changes in productivity
- changes in output prices
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What does Absolute Advantage compare?
Definition
the PRODUCTIVITY OF ONE GOOD between TWO PRODUCERS
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What does it mean to have Absolute Advantage?
Definition
The ability of producing a good using FEWER INPUTS than another producer OR ability to produce MORE products given the same amount of inputs as other producer
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What causes a decrease in demand?
Definition
The price of the good falls
Term
market demand
Definition
sum of all individual demands for that good
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