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Microeconomics Test 2
externalities, marginal cost, dead weight lost
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Economics
Undergraduate 2
02/27/2013

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Externality
Definition
benefit or cost that affects bystanders of a transaction
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Private cost
Definition
cost borne to producers
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Public cost
Definition
cost to bystanders
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Social cost
Definition
private cost + public cost
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Market failures
Definition
the market fails to produce the efficient level of output
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Public good
Definition
nonexcludable & nonrival
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Nonrival
Definition
my consumption does not use up the good or service
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Nonexcludable
Definition
can't stop someone from using the good or service
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Consumer surplus
Definition
highest price consumer is willing to pay minus the actual cost
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Producer surplus
Definition
the cost of the good minues the lowest price the producer is willing to charge for it
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