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agricultural economics

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The value of satisfaction or the return that could have been recieved from an alternative choice that is forgone or sacrificed resulting from a decision by an individual   opportunity cost  
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the amount of satisfaction that can be derived from a particular good or service by an individual   utility  
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The study of economics that is based on the entire economic system   macroeconomics  
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gaining ownership of successive stages in the production, processing, and marketing of a particular commodity by one firm   vertical integration  
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indicates all possible combinations of two goods that will provide the same amount of total satisfaction (utility)   indifference curve  
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All possible combinations between two goods that can be purchased with a set amount of money   budget line  
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A change in price results in a larger change in Q demanded (%change in price < %change in Q demanded) X>1   elastic demand  
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Increase in income, increase in Qd. Examples: new cars, wine, steak, new clothes   normal good  
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The change in total product divided by change in the number of units of input (fertilizer)   marginal product  
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amount of output produced by each individual unit of the variable input in the production process. (adjusted total product / number of units of input)   average product  
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additional cost of adding one more unit of a variable input to the production process   marginal factor cost  
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additional return (change in total returns) recieved from the production process by adding one more unit of variable input to the production process   marginal value product  
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the amounts of various combinations of two inputs which can be purchased with a given amount of money (equal cost). The slope is equal to the price ratio (price input added / price input replaced)   isocost line  
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indicates the maxium output levels (combinations) for two products that can be produced from a given set of resources   production possibility curve  
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total cost / total product.   average total cost  
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represents the additional return that can be recieved from producing another unit of output in the production process   marginal revenue  
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a large change in market price results in only a small change in the quantity supplied by producers in the market. Producers are not very price responsive. Es<1. % change in P > % change in Q   inelastic supply  
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Price searcher. Only one firm makes up the industry   monopoly  
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A change in these costs only affects profits but never changes the level of production   fixed costs  
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condition that exists when a "price ceiling" is established in the market   market shortage  
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firms conbine within the same industry (pizza hut merges with godfathers pizza)   horizontal merger  
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