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Chapter Two: Economic Models
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Economics
12th Grade
06/03/2014

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Tabular Model
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A table or chart explaining the relationships between pairs of variables, also called a schedule.
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Schedule
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A table or chart explaining the relationships between pairs of variables, also called a tabular model.
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Line Graph
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A graph formed by the plotting of data involving two variables & the connecting of the resulting points to form a line of infinite information from the data.
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Production Possibilities Curve (PPC)
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A model that enables an economist to see the maximum feasible amounts of two commodities that a business can produce when those items are competing for that businesse's limited resources.
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Circular Flow Model
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A model depicting the flow of economic goods & services between households, business firms, the government, & financial markets.
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Consumption Expenditures
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The total expenditures made by all households.
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Factors of Production
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The resources used in producing the nation's GDP: land, labor, financial capital, & entrepreneurship.
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Land
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The factor of production denoting all the natural resources that go into the production of goods.
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Labor
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The factor of production denoting all human effort that goes into the creation of goods & services.
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Capital
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The tools business firms use to produce goods & services.
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Entrepreneurship
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The factor of production denoting the activity of creatively combining natural resources, human labor, & financial capital in
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Factor Costs
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The payments business firms make in exchange for the factors of production.
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Rent
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Payment for the use of an owner's property.
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Wages
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Factor costs involving all paymetns for labor used to produce goods or services.
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Interest
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An additional charge that a creditor demands from a borrower to cover the expense of the loan & to provide a profit; the factor cost involving the payments made on borrowed money.
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Profit
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Factor cost involving the rewards entrepreneurs receive for successful risk taking.
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Transfer Payments
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Payments of money or goods from the government to individuals for which no specific economic repayment is expected.
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Budget Deficit
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A situation in which a government, business firm, or individual receives less income than is paid out in expenses.
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Budget Surplus
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A situation in which a government, business firm, or individual receives more income than is paid out in expenses.
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Financial Market
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The vast collection of financial institutions that receive deposits of excess funds from households & that lend to business firms; includes commercial banks, savings & loan associations, credit unions, insurance companies, finance companies, & stockbrokerage firms.
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Dissaving
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The action of withdrawing money from an account or borrowing money.
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Crowding Out
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A situation in which governmental borrowing reduces the financial capital available to business firms.
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