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28 Cards in this Set
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opportunity cost
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value of best opportunity lost
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Rational:
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weigh pros and cons
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Utility:
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what people get when they make a decision
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Normal Good
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income goes up u buy more
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Inferior good
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income goes down you buy less
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Substitutes
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Pepsi vs Coke (1 price goes up the others demand rises)
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Complements
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Cars & Tires (1 price goes up the others demand decreases)
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Positive
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True or false statement
Example- I’m 22 years old |
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Normative
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Based on opinion
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Law of Supply
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High price more supply and vice versa
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Law of Demand
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At High price less is demanded (vice versa)
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Supply Curve
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at each price how much people are able to supply
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Demand Curve
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at each price how much people are able to buy
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Equilibrium-
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an intersection of supply and demand group (looks like an X)
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Equilibrium-
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Where quantity supplied is = to quantity demanded
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5 Causes of Increase/decrease in Demand
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Taste, Income, Price of Related Goods, # of Buyers, Expectations
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4 Causes of Increase/decrease in Supply
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Input Prices, # of Sellers, Technology, Expectations
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Ceteris Paribus
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All things constant
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(What effect does each have on Equilibrium P and Q)
Increase in Supply |
Price down Quantity Up
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(What effect does each have on Equilibrium P and Q)
Increase in Demand |
Price Up Quantity Up
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(What effect does each have on Equilibrium P and Q)
Decrease in Supply |
Price up Quantity down
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(What effect does each have on Equilibrium P and Q)
Decrease in Demand |
Price down Quantity down
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Assuming that some land is better for farming and other land is better for hunting, which land would a society use first as it switches from all hunting to doing some farming?
The opportunity cost of farm products would be (Low or High) |
LOW
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Bob can make 10 thingies or 5gizmo’s per hour
Tina can make 8 thingies or 12 gizmo’s per hour Bob- 1 thingy costs Tina- 1 thingy costs Who should specialize in thingying |
Bob- 1 thingy costs__1/2 G__ = 5 /10= 1/2
Tina- 1 thingy costs__1 ½ G_ = 12 / 8 = 1 1/2 TINA |
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Which line ( S or D) moving which direction would cause each of the following?
Increase in P and increase in Q? |
D > RIGHT
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Which line ( S or D) moving which direction would cause each of the following?
Increase in P and decrease in Q? |
S > LEFT
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Which line ( S or D) moving which direction would cause each of the following?
Decrease in P and decrease in Q? |
D > LEFT
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Which line ( S or D) moving which direction would cause each of the following?
Decrease in P and increase in Q? |
S > RIGHT
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