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Chapter 5-8 vocab

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elasticity   a measure of the responsiveness of quantity demanded or quantity supplied to one of its determinants  
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price elasticity of demand   measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in the price of that good  
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total revenue   the amount paid by buyers and received by sellers of a good  
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income elasticity of demand   a measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in consumer's income  
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cross-price elasticity   a measure of how much the quantity demanded of one good responds to a changein the price of another good  
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price elasticity of supply   a measure of how much the quantity supplied of a good responds to a change in the price of that good  
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price ceiling   a legal maximum on the price at which a good can be sold  
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price floor   a legal minimum on the price at which a good can be sold  
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tax incidence   the manner in which the burden of a tax is shared among participants in a market  
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welfare economics   the study of how the allocation of resources affects economic wellbeing  
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willingness to pay   the max amount that a buyer will pay for a good  
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consumer surplus   the amount a buyer is willing to pay for a good minus the amount he actually pays  
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cost   the value of everything a seller must give up to produce a good  
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producer surplus   the amount a seller is paid for a good minus the seller's cost of providing it  
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efficiency   the property of a resource allocation of maximizing the total surplus receivedby all members of society  
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equity   the fairness of the distribution of well-being among the members of society  
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deadweight loss   the fall in total surplus that resultsfrom a market distortion, such as a tax  
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