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Economics- Edexcel 1.2.7

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show changes in market price act as a signal about how scarce resources should be allocated  
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Adam Smith’s invisible hand   show
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the 3 main functions of the price mechanism   show
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signalling function   show
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incentive function   show
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show prices serve to ration scarce resources when market demand outstrips supply  
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centralised   show
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decentralised   show
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show occurs when signalling and incentive functions fail to operate optimally leading to a loss of economic and social welfare  
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example of market failure   show
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show occur when buyers and sellers are prepared to use an alternative market to re-sell items that have already been purchased  
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show in tickets for big concerts, festivals and major sporting events  
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show any action carried out by the government that affects the market with the objective of changing the free market equilibrium / outcome  
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show changes in relative prices brought about by subsidies and indirect taxation or imposing maximum and minimum prices  
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law of unintended consequences   show
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show causes an expansion along the supply curve  
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show minimum price at which a security commodity or currency is offered for sale on a market  
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show an illegal market in which the market price is higher than a legally imposed price ceiling  
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show difference between the quantity supplied and the higher quantity demanded when the price is set below the equilibrium price  
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show when there are unsold goods at the current market price  
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inventories   show
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market incentives   show
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economic actors   show
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show a measure of the satisfaction that we get from purchasing and consuming a good or service  
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