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utility
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the benefit someone gets from the consumption of goods and services
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when maximizing total utility and spending all income that equalizes
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the marginal utility per dollar for all goods
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utility-when income rises the demand curve for a normal good shifts ________________, so that the new quantity consumed marginal utility per dollar is __________ for all goods.
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rightward, equal
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from consumer equilibrium, a rise in income
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increases total utility
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endowment effect
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the good you have is worth more than a good you dont own that is equal value
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total utility
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the benefit gained from all consumption
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diminishing marginal utility
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enjoying the second good less than the first
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four firm concentration system
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percentage of value of sales accounted for by the 4 largest firms in an industry
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in the short run a firms plant is ____________
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fixed
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points below a firms total curve are
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attainable but not technologically efficient
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a firms total product curve shows at first that it has increasing ________________________
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marginal returns and then diminishing marginal returns
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when marginal return is less than average product, average product is ________________________
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falling
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when marginal and average product of labor are equal to each other the average product must be at its _____________ value
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maximum
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the average total cose
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is U shaped, increases eventually because of diminishing returns, dimishes initially because average fixed costs diminish
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average fixed costs decreases as
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outputs increase
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