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CHAPTER 1-3 ECONOMICS
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Economics
12th Grade
02/06/2017

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Term
Allocative efficiency
Definition
is a situation in which the quantities of the goods and services produced are those that people value most highly it is not possible to produce more of a good or service without giving up some other good that people value are highly
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ceteris paribus
Definition
other things remaining the same
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comparative advantage
Definition
if a person has ____ in an activity if that person can perform the activity at a lower opportunity cost than anyone else
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complement
Definition
a good that is consumed with another good
ex: ice cream and fudge
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complement in production
Definition
is a good that is produced along with another good
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economic growth
Definition
the sustained expansion of production possibilities
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equilibrium price
Definition
price where quantity demanded equals the quantity supplied
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equilibrium quantity
Definition
the quantity bought and sold at equilibrium price
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human capital
Definition
knowledge and skills that people obtain from education, on the job trying ad work experience
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interest
Definition
paired for the use of capital
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normal good
Definition
good fro which the demand increase if income increases and demand decreases if income decreases
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inferior good
Definition
a good for which the demand decreases if income increases and demand decrease if income decreases
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opportunity cost
Definition
highest valued alternative that we give up to get something
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production efficient
Definition
a situation in which more of one good or service cannot be produced without producing less of something else
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PPF
Definition
boundary between those combinations of goods and services that can be produced and those that cannot
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profit/loss
Definition
entrepreneur
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rational choice
Definition
uses available resources to most effectively satisfy the wants of the person of the person making the choice
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rent
Definition
paided for use of land
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wages
Definition
paired for the services of labor
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law of demand
Definition
states that other things remain the same if the price of a good rises the quantity demanded of that good decreases and if the price of a good falls the quantity demanded of that good increases
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law of supply
Definition
states that other things remaining the same if the price of a good rises the quantity supplied of that good increases and if the price of a good falls the quantity supplied of that good increases
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shortage/excess demand
Definition
quantity demanded exceeds the quantity supplied
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surplus/excess supply
Definition
quantity supplied exceeds the quantity demanded
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demand
Definition
the ___ for a good refers to the entire relationship between the price of the goof and the quantity demanded of that good
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substitute
Definition
a good that can be consumed in place of another good
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substitute in production
Definition
is a good that can be produced in place of another good
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