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Economics
Undergraduate 1
09/01/2010

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Term
ceteris peribus
Definition
holding other things equal
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price elasticity of demand
Definition
percentage change in quantity/percentage change in price
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Autarky
Definition
economic self sufficiency
Term
Fallacy of
Composition
Definition
if something is true for the whole, it isn't necessarily true for the part
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opportunity cost
Definition
what something cost in terms of what you have to give up
Term
Absolute Advantage
Definition
lower resource cost
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capital

Definition
final goods produced for use in the production of other goods
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change in demand
Definition
shift on demand curve
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Comparitive Advantage
Definition
lower opportunity cost
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Complementary Good
Definition
 When the price rises, the demand falls
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consumption
Definition
expidenture by consumers on final goods and services
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Efficiency
Definition
maximum output of a good from the resources used in production
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Equlibrium Price
Definition
the quantity demanded = the quantity supplied
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Externalities
Definition
External / costs or benefits of a market activity borne by a 3rd party
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Factors of Production
Definition
land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Definition
consumtion + investment + gov't spending + net exports
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Inferior Good
Definition
cheap good/ demad increses when income rises
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Labor
Definition
Work/ skills and abilities to produce goods and service
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Land
Definition
all natural resources
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Market Mechanism
Definition
how the market works 
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market power
Definition
the ability to alter the market price of a good or service
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Mixed Economy
Definition
an economy that uses both market signals and gov't directives
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Net Exports
Definition
 the value of exports minus the value of imports (X-M)
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Normal Good
Definition
demand increases when income rises
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Production Possibilities
Definition
 the alternative combinations of final goods & services that could be produced in a given time pd. with all available resources & technology
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Substitute Good
Definition
Goods that substitute for each other (when the price rises, the demand increases)
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Entrepreneurship
Definition
Business Savvy
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Investment
Definition
expidentures on (production of) new plant, equipment and structures in a given time pd.
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Monopoly
Definition
a firm that produces the entire market  supply of a particular good or service
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Opportunity Cost
Definition
what something cost in terms of what you have to give up
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