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Econ Final Exam

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Term
Definition
market equilibrium   show
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show The price at which the quantity demanded and the quantity supplied are equal. (This is also known as Market Clearing Price)  
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surplus   show
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show above the equilibrium price.  
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show quantity of the surplus  
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show When the quantity demanded is greater than the quantity supplied.  
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a shortage is represented by any point ...   show
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show the quantity of the shortage  
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show an artificial price set below the equilibrium price  
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price floor   show
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show when a government intervenes to regulate prices  
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supply curve   show
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show a table that shows the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity supplied  
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show producers offer more of a good as its price increases and less as its price falls  
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show If the prices of natural resources  
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show New technology often reduces producers' costs  
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Change in profit opportunities producing other products   show
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Change in producers price expectations   show
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Change in the number of sellers in the market   show
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quantity supplied   show
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supply   show
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Demand   show
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Law of demand   show
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Demand Schedule   show
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Demand Curve   show
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show Some factor that causes a shift in the Demand curve  
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show the amount of a good or service that consumers want at a given price (represented by a point on the curve)  
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production possibilities curve   show
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Traditional Economy   show
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market economy   show
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command economy   show
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mixed economy   show
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Adam Smith   show
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show 1818-1883. 19th century philosopher  
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marginal cost   show
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show the additional benefit to a consumer from consuming one more unit of a good or service  
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show the process of deciding whether to do or use one additional unit of some resource  
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goods   show
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show Actions or activities that one person performs for another; intangible  
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show all natural resources used to produce goods and services  
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show the effort that people devote to a task for which they are paid  
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Capital   show
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Entrepreneur   show
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Trade-off   show
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show the most desirable alternative given up as the result of a decision  
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trade   show
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Barriers to trade   show
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show the ability of an individual  
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show the ability of an individual  
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show the concentration of the productive efforts of individuals and firms on a limited number of activities  
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Depreciated Value   show
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exchange rate   show
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Imports   show
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show Goods and Services sold to other countries  
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show A tax on imported goods  
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show tax on imports used primarily to raise government revenue without restricting imports  
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show A tax on imported goods that raises the price of imports so people will buy domestic goods  
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show A limit placed on the quantities of a product that can be imported  
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Embargo   show
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fiscal policy   show
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show a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.  
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progressive tax   show
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proportional tax   show
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regressive tax   show
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demand-pull inflation   show
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cost-push inflation   show
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show a period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced  
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show A long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment  
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show Federal spending required by law that continues without the need for annual approvals by Congress.  
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show Federal spending on programs that are controlled through the regular budget process  
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show government programs that pay benefits to retired and disabled workers  
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public assistance programs   show
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monetary policy   show
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show Interest rate banks charge each other for loans  
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open market operations   show
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fractional reserve banking   show
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show the minimum interest rate set by the Federal Reserve for lending to other banks.  
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expansionary monetary policy   show
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reserve requirement   show
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show the Federal Reserve's policy of increasing interest rates to reduce inflation  
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show The most narrowly defined money supply  
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M2   show
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M3   show
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GDP   show
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CPI   show
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unemployment   show
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show a business owned and managed by a single individual  
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Partnership   show
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show A business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debts  
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show the combination of two or more firms competing in the same market with the same good or service  
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show the combination of two or more firms involved in different stages of producing the same good or service  
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conglomerate   show
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publicly held corporation   show
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corporate charter   show
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articles of incorporation   show
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show A share of ownership in a corporation.  
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perfect competition   show
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monopolistic competition   show
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Oligopoly   show
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show A market in which there are many buyers but only one seller.  
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barriers to entry   show
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Nash Equilibrium   show
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game theory   show
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show a table that shows the payoffs that each firm earns from every combination of strategies by the firms  
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