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Economics Exam 1 Flashcards
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Economics Exam 1 Flashcards

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A student will decide to attend class when?

the marginal benefit of attending exceeds the marginal cost of attending

Which of the following is not a key element of the scientific method?

  • Designing Data (correct)
  • Observations
  • Hypothesis
  • Experiments

    • The scientific method is the technique used by economists to determine?

    economic principles

    Economic resources are the?

    <p>natural, human, and manufactured inputs used to produce goods and services</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Economists classify resources as?

    <p>labor, land, real capital, and entrepreneurs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Because economic resources are used to produce goods and services, they are called?

    <p>factors of production or inputs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the next-best thing that must be forgone in order to produce one more unit of a given product?

    <p>opportunity cost</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The pleasure, happiness, or satisfaction obtained from consuming a good or service is called?

    <p>utility</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The social science concerned with how individuals, institutions, and society make optimal choices under conditions of scarcity is?

    <p>economics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Making choices based on comparing marginal benefits with marginal costs is called?

    <p>marginal analysis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In a market system, scarce goods are allocated through the operation of?

    <p>market prices that are determined by consumers and producers acting in their own self-interest</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In a command economy, scarce goods are allocated by?

    <p>a government-appointed planning board based on the board's long-term priorities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Self-interest helps achieve society's economic goals because?

    <p>as consumers and producers exercise their freedom to act in their own self-interest, markets will produce the desired goods at the lowest possible cost</p> Signup and view all the answers

    There is a wide variety of desired goods and services in a market system because?

    <p>individual wants are diverse</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is produced is ultimately determined by?

    <p>consumers, because if the goods offered are not what consumers want, consumers will not buy them</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The market system depends on private property ownership and the protection of private property rights to?

    <p>provide an incentive to maintain property and allow for the orderly transfer of property ownership</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The phrase 'invisible hand' means that?

    <p>market prices provide information to consumers regarding products they wish to purchase, and to producers regarding products they wish to produce</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the circular flow model, resource markets provide for the exchange of labor and product markets provide for the exchange of?

    <p>goods and services</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the circular flow model, businesses sell goods and buy labor; households buy goods and?

    <p>sell labor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the goods and services portion of the circular flow model, there is a flow of?

    <p>real goods and services and a flow of money</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which statement is consistent with the law of demand?

    <p>A reduction in market price will lead to an increase in quantity demanded</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following characteristics lead to a downward-sloping demand curve?

    <p>Diminishing marginal utility</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is a market demand curve derived from individual demand curves?

    <p>Add up quantities demanded by all individual consumers for each price</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which statement is consistent with the law of supply?

    <p>An increase in market price will lead to an increase in quantity supplied</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following characteristics leads to an upward-sloping supply curve?

    <p>Increasing opportunity costs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do you derive a market supply curve from individual supply curves?

    <p>Add up quantities supplied by all individual producers for each price</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the determinants of supply?

    <p>Price of other goods, technology, resource prices, number of producers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Change in market price results in a ______

    <p>movement along the supply curve and movement along demand curve</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Change in factor productivity results in a ______

    <p>shift in the supply curve</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Change in producer expectations results in a ______

    <p>shift in the supply curve</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Change in the price of other goods results in a ______

    <p>shift in the supply curve</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Change in technology results in a ______

    <p>shift in the supply curve</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Change in resource prices results in a ______

    <p>shift in the supply curve</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Change in taxes results in a ______

    <p>shift in the supply curve</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the determinants of demand?

    <p>Income, price of related goods, tastes and preferences, number of consumers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Change in income results in a ______

    <p>shift in demand curve</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Change in consumer expectations results in a ______

    <p>shift in demand curve</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Change in the price of a related good results in a ______

    <p>shift in demand curve</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Change in the price of an unrelated good results in a ______

    <p>no change</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Change in preferences for this good results in a ______

    <p>shift in demand curve</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The supply of cattle hides will?

    <p>decrease</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Hide prices will?

    <p>increase</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The supply of leather goods will?

    <p>decrease</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The price of leather goods will?

    <p>increase</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are running shoes considered?

    <p>final good</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are cotton fibers considered?

    <p>intermediate good</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are watches considered?

    <p>final good</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are coal considered?

    <p>intermediate good</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is sunscreen lotion considered?

    <p>final good</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is lumber considered?

    <p>intermediate good</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why do economists include only final goods and services when measuring GDP for a particular year?

    <p>If intermediate goods were counted, then multiple counting would occur</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Gross domestic product does not include the value of stocks and bonds bought and sold because these sales and purchases are not?

    <p>economic investment and should not be counted as production of final goods and services</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When measuring GDP for a particular year, why do economists exclude the value of used furniture bought and sold?

    <p>it was counted in GDP in some previous year</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is an economy's output, in essence, also equal to its income?

    <p>the value of everything that is produced is also the value of everything sold</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why are changes in inventories included as part of investment spending?

    <p>anything produced by a business that has not been sold during the accounting period is something in which the business has invested</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If inventories declined by $1 billion during 2014, then $1 billion would be?

    <p>subtracted from both gross private domestic investment and gross domestic product</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following statements is true?

    <p>Gross private domestic investment less depreciation is net private domestic investment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Key Economic Concepts

    • Decision-making in Class Attendance: Students attend class when the marginal benefit of attendance surpasses its marginal cost.
    • Scientific Method: Economists utilize this method to establish economic principles, omitting "Designing Data" as a key element.
    • Economic Resources: Classified as natural, human, and manufactured inputs essential for producing goods and services.

    Factors of Production

    • Resource Classification: Includes labor, land, real capital, and entrepreneurship, labeled collectively as factors of production or inputs.
    • Opportunity Cost: The next-best alternative forfeited to produce more of a good; illustrated by examples like selling personal items to cover expenses.

    Utility and Economics

    • Utility: Refers to the satisfaction gained from consuming goods or services.
    • Economics Defined: The social science focused on optimal decision-making under scarcity conditions.

    Analyzing Choices

    • Marginal Analysis: Involves comparing marginal benefits with marginal costs to make informed choices.

    Market Systems

    • Resource Allocation in Markets: Scarce goods distributed through prices formed by consumer and producer self-interest.
    • Command vs. Market Economy: In a command economy, allocation is managed by a government planning board, contrasting with market systems driven by consumer demand.

    Consumer Choices

    • Determination of Production: Ultimately driven by consumer preferences; if products aren’t desired, consumers won’t purchase.

    Property Rights and Market Functioning

    • Private Property Importance: Ownership and protection of property rights incentivize maintenance and orderly ownership transfers.

    Invisible Hand Concept

    • Market Prices: Act as signals to consumers about desired goods while guiding producers on what to manufacture, embodying the “invisible hand” principle.

    Circular Flow Model

    • Resource and Product Markets: Resource markets allow labor exchange, while product markets facilitate the exchange of goods and services.
    • Household and Business Dynamics: Businesses sell goods and procure labor; households purchase goods and provide labor.

    Demand and Supply Laws

    • Law of Demand: A decrease in market price typically leads to a higher quantity demanded.
    • Law of Supply: An increase in market price generally results in an increased quantity supplied.

    Demand Characteristics

    • Downward-Sloping Demand Curve: Influenced by diminishing marginal utility and increased purchasing power as prices drop.
    • Market Demand Curve: Formed by aggregating individual demands at various prices.

    Supply Determinants

    • Determinants of Supply: Include prices of related goods, technology, resource prices, and number of producers.
    • Shifts and Movements: Changes in factors like productivity or expectations shift the supply curve, whereas price changes result in movements along the curve.

    Demand Determinants

    • Determinants of Demand: Consist of income, related goods' prices, consumer preferences, and the number of consumers.

    Goods Classification

    • Final vs. Intermediate Goods: Economists differentiate between these to prevent double counting in GDP measurements. Final goods are sold to end-users, while intermediate goods are used in production.

    GDP Measurement

    • Exclusions in GDP Calculation: Used goods, stocks, and bonds are omitted to avoid duplicating value that has been previously counted.
    • Inventory Changes: Accounted as investments; unsold inventory is included as business investment.

    Investment and Economic Health

    • Private Domestic Investment: Gross private domestic investment minus depreciation equates to net private domestic investment, indicating economic health.

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