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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)
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*'''consumer surplus''' (savings by consumers who would pay more than the market price for a good)
*indifference curve
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*'''indifference curve'''
*fixed costs (FC)  
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*'''fixed costs''' (FC)  
*variable costs (VC)  
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*'''variable costs''' (VC)  
*average total cost (ATC) (this is all the costs divided by the quantity of output Q)
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*'''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)
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*'''average variable costs''' (AVC) (total variable costs divided by the quantity of output Q)
*total costs (TC = TVC + TFC)
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*'''total costs''' (TC = TVC + TFC)
*elastic demand
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*'''elastic demand'''
*inelastic demand
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*'''inelastic demand'''
*price elasticity of demand (percent change in quantity demanded divided by percent change in price, dropping the negative sign)
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*'''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)
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*'''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)
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*'''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)
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*'''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
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*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)
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*'''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)
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*'''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."
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*'''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
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*'''income effect'''
*substitution effect
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*'''substitution effect'''
*inferior good (a good that sees a decrease in demand when income increases, and vice-versa)
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*'''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)
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*'''marginal product''' (increase in output due to additional input: Q = sum MP)
*law of diminishing marginal return
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*'''law of diminishing marginal return'''
*perfect competition (know the conditions for it)
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*'''perfect competition''' (know the conditions for it)
*In a perfectly competitive market ...
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*'''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
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