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Economics
Undergraduate 1
12/14/2010

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Term
Change In Demand
Definition
A shift left or right in the demand curve
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Negative Externality
Definition
Cost of production/consumption affects third parties who are neither buyers or sellers (pollution)
Term
Consumer Surplus
Definition
Difference between highest price the consumer would have paid and the price actually paid.
Term
Change In Supply
Definition
Movement to the right or left of the supply curve
Term
Change in Quantity Supplied
Definition
Movement along supply curve because of change in price
Term
Inferior Goods
Definition
Good which is consumed less when income increases
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Opportunity Cost
Definition
Cost of the next best alternative
Term
Elasticity
Definition
Responsiveness to quantity demanded to a change in price
Term
Scarcity
Definition
Limited resource
Term
Production Possibility Frontier
Definition
Curve representing relative costs between two goods
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Cross Elasticity Of Demand
Definition
Used to determine if two goods are substitutes or compliments
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