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ECON121 FINAL

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Market Structure   Classification system for key traits of market including # of buyers, sellers, product bought and sold and ease of entry or exit into/from market  
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Public Good   They are non-excludable and non-rival in consumption. An example is a street sign  
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Private Good   Rivalry and excludability. Typically traded in markets  
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Market Failure   Situation where unrestricted operation of free market yields a result that is not socially optimal  
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Information Asymmetry   Occurs when info about good varies in relevant ways between buyers and sellers  
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Moral Hazard   market inefficiency resulting from information asymmetry. Terms of transaction lead to different behavior  
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Public Good   They are non-excludable and non-rival in consumption. An example is a street sign  
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Private Good   Rivalry and excludability. Typically traded in markets  
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Market Failure   Situation where unrestricted operation of free market yields a result that is not socially optimal  
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Information Asymmetry   Occurs when info about good varies in relevant ways between buyers and sellers  
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Moral Hazard   market inefficiency resulting from information asymmetry. Terms of transaction lead to different behavior  
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Adverse Selection   Market inefficiency resulting frmo information asymmetry. When one party has been deceived about qualities.  
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Negative Externality   cost imposed on "third parties" not reflected in market system  
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Pigovian tax   Special tax levied on company that pollute enviornment or create excess social costs. In true market, best way to correct negative externality.  
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Monopoly   Firm that is only producer of good or service which there are no good substitutes  
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Oligopoly   market structure where small number of large firms dominate industry  
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Monopolistic Competition   market structure where large number of small firms produce similar, not identical, product  
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Barriers to entry   market conditions that prevent entry of new firms into industry  
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Price discrimination   charging different customers different prices not related to difference in cost  
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First degree price discrimination   when seller charges different price for each unit of output and price is always max price consumer will pay  
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Third degree price discrimination   when seller is able to partition market demand into 2 or more groups and charges different prices to different groups  
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Producer surplus   gap between price of good and opportunity cost of producing it. Area below eq. line and supply line.  
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Consumer surplus   Difference between what consumer would willingly pay and what they actually play.  
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Shutdown point   price equals minimum average variable cost. P<AVC, firm shuts down  
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Elasticity of Supply   measures responsiveness of sellers to change in market price. ΔQs/ΔP * P/Qs  
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Break-even point   TR=TC, Profit=0. P=AC if break even  
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Production function   expression of the relationship between inputs and outputs holding tech. constant. l(land), L(labor), K(capital), E(entrepreneurship).  
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Short-run equilibrium   economic profit may be 0 or negative (bad times). Economic profit may be positive (good times).  
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Diminishing marginal product   as a firm uses more of a variable resources with a fixed resource and fixed technology, MP of variable resource will fall. Holds in short-run due to fixed input.  
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fixed cost   payments to fixed inputs. Does not depend on quantity produced.  
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variable cost   payments to variable inputs. varies with level of output  
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perfectly competitive market   Many firms sells to many buyers. Identical products. Products are rival and excludable. NO restrictions on entry/exit. Sellers and buyers well informed about prices.  
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short run   period where one input is fixed  
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long run   period in which no input is fixed  
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Three stages of production   Stage 1: From 0 units to MP=AP. Stage 2: MP=AP to where MP=0. Stage 3: When MP is negative.  
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economies of scale   When firm increases plant size and labor by same percentages, output increases by larger percentage and LAC(long-run average cost) decreases.  
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diseconomies of scale   when firm increases plant size and labor by same percentages, output increases by smaller percentage and LAC increases  
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Increasing returns to sale   Firm increases all inputs proportionally, output increases more than proportionately.  
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decreasing returns to sale   firm increases all inputs proportionally, output increases less than proportionately.  
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