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EA-202 Microecinomics
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Economics
Undergraduate 1
12/09/2006

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What is economics?
Definition
The study of how people choose to use thier limited resourses to produce, exchange, and consume goods and services.
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Scarcity
Definition
when society needs exceed the ability of the the economy to meet these needs
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Choice & Scarcity
Definition
go hand in hand because od scarcity choices must be made
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Positive ecinomics
Definition
study of what is in the economy
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Normativ ecinomics
Definition
Study of what ought to be the economy
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Economic goals
Definition
High level of employment
Price Stability
Effidicy
Equal distrobution of income
Growth
reduction of polution,economic freedom,economic security
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Input
Definition
factor any item put into the production process
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Output
Definition
the product
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Resources
Definition
land,labor,capital,managment
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Maket system
Definition
determins the allocation of scarce resources
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PPC(product posability curve)
Definition
represents possible combanation of two products based on availible resources
affected by Phyisical resorces,skills and tech,wllingnes to work,investment
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DEmand curve
Definition
illistation of how the quantity demanded will change as the price changes
affected by cchange in price of related goods,change in consumer income,change in consumer tastes,change in population
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Supply Curve
Definition
illistation of the quantity supplyed change as price changes
affected by,change of price of goods used to produce the product,change in tech,change in number of sellers
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Utility
Definition
the satifaction the people enjoy from consuming goods and services
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Marginal utility
Definition
the increese in satifaction when the consumption of that item is increesed by one unit
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Law of diminishing Marginal utility
Definition
as more goods are consumed of a givin period of time its utily will decreese
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Total utility
Definition
largest sum of money the consumer is willing to spend
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indiffrence map
Definition
reflects desires but behavior dependson abilty to buy
that depeond and the individuals income
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Elacticity of demand
Definition
measure the responsive neess to the supply and demand curve
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posative cross price elacticity
Definition
incresse in prices of one will cause an incresse in demand for the other product
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Product function
Definition
tells how much output can be produced froma givin combanation of inputs
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TPP total physical product
Definition
quantity of output produced and the quantity of one of the inputs is changed
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Law of diminishing returns
Definition
as more of a variable input is combined with fixed inputs,eventually the marginal physical product of the variable input will decline
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laissez faire
Definition
no goverment interferance
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