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ECON 103 Midterm
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Economics
Undergraduate 1
10/12/2008

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scarcity
Definition
the limited nature of society's resources
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economics
Definition
the study of how society deals with its scare resources
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efficiency
Definition
the property of society getting the most it can from its scarce resources
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equity
Definition
the property of distributing economic prosperity fairly among the member of society
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opportunity cost
Definition
Whatever must be given up to obtain some item
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rational people
Definition
people who systematically do the best they can to achieve their objectives
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marginal changes
Definition
small incremental adjustments to a plan of action
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incentive
Definition
something that induces a person to act
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market economy
Definition
an economy that allocates resources through the decentralized decisions of many firms and households as they interact in markets for goods and services
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property rights
Definition
the ability of individual to own and exercise control over scarce material
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market failure
Definition
the situation where a market left on its own fails
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externality
Definition
the impact of one beings actions on the well being of a bystander
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market power
Definition
the ability of a single economic actor to have a substantial impact on market prices
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productivity
Definition
the quantity of goods and services produced from one hour of work
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inflation
Definition
an increase in the overall prices in an economy
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inflation
Definition
an increase in the overall prices in an economy
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production possibilities frontier
Definition
a graph that shows the output that an economy can possibly produce given the available factors of production technology
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macroeconomics
Definition
the study of economy wide phenomena including inflation, unemployment, and economic growth
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absolute advantage
Definition
the ability to produce a good using fewer inputs
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comparative advantage
Definition
the ability to produce a good at a lower oppurtunity cost than another producer
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imports
Definition
goods produced abroad and sold domestically
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exports
Definition
goods produced domestically and sold abroad
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market
Definition
a group of buyers and sellers of a particular good or service
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competitive market
Definition
a market in which there are many buyers and many sellers so that each has a negligible impact on the market price
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quantity demanded
Definition
the amount that buyers are willing and able to purchase
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law of demand
Definition
the claim that other things equal the quantity demanded of a good falls when the price of the good rises
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demand schedule
Definition
a table which shows the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity demanded
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demand curve
Definition
a graph of the relationship between the price of the good and the amount of the good demanded
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substitutes
Definition
two goods for which an increase in the price of one leads to an increase in the demand for the other
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complements
Definition
two goods in which an increase in the price of one leads to an decrease in the demand of the other
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law of supply
Definition
the claim that, other things equal, the quantity supplied rises when the price of the good rises
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equilibrium
Definition
a situation in which the market price has reached the level at which quantity supplied equals quantity demanded
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surplus
Definition
a situaiton in which quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded
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shortage
Definition
a situation in which quantity demanded is greater than quantity supplied
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the law of supply and demand
Definition
the claim that the price of a good adjusts to bring the quantity supplied and quantity demanded for that good in balance
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labor force
Definition
the total number of workers including both the employed and unemployed
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unemployment rate
Definition
the percentage of labor force that is unemplyed
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labor force participation rate
Definition
the percentage in adult population that is in the labor force
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frictional unemployment
Definition
unemployment that results because it takes time for workers to take time to search for the jobs that best suit their skills and needs
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structural unemployed
Definition
unemployment that results because of the number of jobs available in some labor markets is insufficient to provide a job for everyone who wants one
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gross domestic product (GDP)
Definition
The market value of all the final goods and services within a country during a certain period in time
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consumption
Definition
spendings by households on goods and services, with the exception of purchasing of new houses
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GDP Equation
Definition
Government Expenditure+Consumption+investments+exports-imports
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Trade Deficit
Definition
Imports-Exports
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Domestic Savings
Definition
GDP-Consumption
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