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Micro Exam 2
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Economics
Undergraduate 3
10/18/2016

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Term
Consumer Surplus
Definition
Measures the benefit buyers receive from participating in a market
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Demand Schedule
Definition
Deriver from the willingness to pay of the possible buyers
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Consumer surplus
Definition
Amount a buyer is willing to pay for a good-amount buyer actually pays for it
WILLINGNESS TO PY MINUS PRICE PAID
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Producer Surplus
Definition
Amount a seller is paid for a good- the seller's cost of providing it
PRICE RECIEVED-WILLINGNESS TO SELL
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Supply Curve
Definition
Reflects the cost the cost of supplier
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Demand Curve
Definition
Reflects the benefit of buyers
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Total Surplus
Definition
Consumer surplus+ Producer Surplus
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Cost to Sellers
Definition
Valus to buyers- Cost to sellers
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Efficiency
Definition
Maximizing the total surplus received by all members of society
Term
Which way does a tax on a good levied on buyers shift
Definition
demand curve shifts leftward
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Which way does a tax on a good levied on sellers shift?
Definition
Supply curve shifts leftward
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World Price
Definition
Price of a good that prevails in the world market for that good
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Domestic Price
Definition
Opportunity cost of the good on the domestic market
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Tariff
Definition
Tax on goods produced abroad and sol domestically
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Free Trade
Definition
Domestic price= World Price
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Tariff on imports
Definition
Raises domestic price above world price
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Externality
Definition
uncompensated impact of impact of one person's actions on the well-being of a bystander
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Negative Externality
Definition
Impact on population is bad
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Positive Externality
Definition
Impact on population is beneficial
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Corrective Taxes (Pigovian Taxes)
Definition
Influencing private decision makers to think about social cost that rise from negative externality
Term
Name 4 benefits from Corrective Taxes/subsidies
Definition
1. Places price on the right to pollute
2. Reduce pollution at a lower cost to society
3. Raise revenue for movement
4. Boost economic efficiency
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