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| | ===Medium=== | | ===Medium=== |
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| − | *consumer surplus (savings by consumers who would pay more than the market price for a good) | + | *'''consumer surplus''' (savings by consumers who would pay more than the market price for a good) |
| − | *indifference curve | + | *'''indifference curve''' |
| − | *fixed costs (FC) | + | *'''fixed costs''' (FC) |
| − | *variable costs (VC) | + | *'''variable costs''' (VC) |
| − | *average total cost (ATC) (this is all the costs divided by the quantity of output Q) | + | *'''average total cost''' (ATC) (this is all the costs divided by the quantity of output Q) |
| − | *average variable costs (AVC) (total variable costs divided by the quantity of output Q) | + | *'''average variable costs''' (AVC) (total variable costs divided by the quantity of output Q) |
| − | *total costs (TC = TVC + TFC) | + | *'''total costs''' (TC = TVC + TFC) |
| − | *elastic demand | + | *'''elastic demand''' |
| − | *inelastic demand | + | *'''inelastic demand''' |
| − | *price elasticity of demand (percent change in quantity demanded divided by percent change in price, dropping the negative sign) | + | *'''price elasticity of demand''' (percent change in quantity demanded divided by percent change in price, dropping the negative sign) |
| − | *marginal cost (MC = change in total cost (TC) due to producing one more unit of output Q) | + | *'''marginal cost''' (MC = change in total cost (TC) due to producing one more unit of output Q) |
| − | *total fixed costs (TFC) do not change as more is produced, thus MC = change in TVC due to one more output Q) | + | *'''total fixed costs''' (TFC) do not change as more is produced, thus MC = change in TVC due to one more output Q) |
| − | *marginal revenue (MR) | + | *'''marginal revenue''' (MR) |
| − | *alternative definition of the “long run”: enough time to adjust all inputs in order to produce a given Q at the lowest possible cost | + | *alternative definition of the '''“long run”''': enough time to adjust all inputs in order to produce a given Q at the lowest possible cost |
| − | *variable inputs (inputs that are increased to produce more Q in the short run) | + | *'''variable inputs''' (inputs that are increased to produce more Q in the short run) |
| − | *fixed inputs (inputs that cannot be increased in the short run to produce more Q) | + | *'''fixed inputs''' (inputs that cannot be increased in the short run to produce more Q) |
| − | *returns to scale (increasing, decreasing or constant? Look at whether output Q increases for increase in input I) Note that "economies to scale" is the same as "increasing returns to scale." | + | *'''returns to scale''' (increasing, decreasing or constant? Look at whether output Q increases for increase in input I) Note that "economies to scale" is the same as "increasing returns to scale." |
| − | *income effect | + | *'''income effect''' |
| − | *substitution effect | + | *'''substitution effect''' |
| − | *inferior good (a good that sees a decrease in demand when income increases, and vice-versa) | + | *'''inferior good''' (a good that sees a decrease in demand when income increases, and vice-versa) |
| − | *marginal product (increase in output due to additional input: Q = sum MP) | + | *'''marginal product''' (increase in output due to additional input: Q = sum MP) |
| − | *law of diminishing marginal return | + | *'''law of diminishing marginal return''' |
| − | *perfect competition (know the conditions for it) | + | *'''perfect competition''' (know the conditions for it) |
| − | *In a perfectly competitive market ... | + | *'''In a perfectly competitive market ...''' |
| | ::the increase in profit from an additional Q = P - MC | | ::the increase in profit from an additional Q = P - MC |
| | ::the firm increases Q only if P > MC | | ::the firm increases Q only if P > MC |