Ceteris Paribus
What is...
all other things being equal/constant
This causes causes movement along the demand curve. (Extensions and contractions)
What is a change in the price of a good/service?
What is the equilibrium price?
The formula for YED
What is:
YED = (%ΔQd)/(%ΔY)
A price floor results in this type of market failure.
What is a ...surplus
The theory that all consumers and producers have complete and instantaneous knowledge of all market prices, their own utility, and own cost functions
What is...
perfect information
4 of the determinants of demand
What are changes in...
price of a related good (Substitute/Compliment)
Income Level
Tastes and preferences
Future price expectations
Number of Consumers (Population
The difference between what consumers are willing to pay for a good/service and how much they actually pay.
What is consumer surplus?
The PED of a medicine if a 50% increase in price yields a 10% decrease in quantity demanded.
What is -0.2
Half credit if no negative
This is when Marginal Social Cost is greater than Marginal Private Cost.
What is... a negative externality of production
the loss of potential gain from the next best choice when one alternative is chosen.
What is opportunity cost?
A diagram showing the impact on supply when the cost of an input good decreases
What is
This occurs when the price is higher than the equilibrium price.
What is a surplus?
The type of good represented by this Engel Curve.
What is..
an inferior good.
This area represents welfare loss from the externality.
What is area d?
the phenomenon that each additional unit of consumption leads to an ever-smaller increase in utility/benefit. For example, the first slice of pizza is way better than the 15th slice.
What is diminishing marginal utility?
A diagram showing supply and demand for Disney Plus when Netflix raises their prices.
What is...
750 in this image:
What is producer surplus?
A diagram of perfectly elastic supply.
What is
What is common pool
It is rivalrous but not exludable.
The theory that adding an additional factor of production will actually result in smaller increases in output as long as one FOP is fixed.
What are...
Diminishing Marginal Returns
The impact an increase in the price of french fries will have on the demand for hamburgers.
What is decrease demand.
What is the equilibrium price and quantity in this market?
What is:
$8 per pizza, 600 pizzas per week
4 of determinants of PES
What are...
time, mobility of factors of production, unused capacity, ability to store, rate at which costs increase
2 examples of positive externalities of consumption.
What are...
education, vaccines, improving your yard/garden, biking instead of driving, going to the dining hall during off-peak hours.