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Chapter 14
Competitive Markets
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Economics
Undergraduate 2
10/25/2011

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Term
Competitve Markets
Definition
A market with many buyers and sellers trading identical products so that each buyer and seller is a price taker.
Term
Average Revenue
Definition

Total revenue divided by the quantity sold

 

TR/Q sold

 

AR = Price of good

Term
Marginal Revenue
Definition

The change in total revenue from an additional unit sold.

 

MR = Price

Term
Shutdown
Definition

A short-run decision not to produce anything during a specific period of time because of current market conditions.

 

Still have to pay fixed costs.

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Exit
Definition

A long-run decision to leave the market.

 

No longer have to pay any costs, variable or fixed.

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Sunk Costs
Definition

A cost that has already been committed and cannot be recovered.

 

Ignored in making decisions.

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