Extremely Detailed Year 1 Microeconomics Notes - complete with diagrams and illustrations (113 pages long)
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CHAPTER 1: ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS 4
WHAT IS A SOCIAL SCIENCE? 4
POSITIVE AND NORMATIVE ECONOMICS 4
THE BASIC ECONOMIC PROBL...
WHAT IS A SOCIAL SCIENCE?...................................................................................................................................4
POSITIVE AND NORMATIVE ECONOMICS.............................................................................................................4
THE BASIC ECONOMIC PROBLEM...........................................................................................................................6
THE PRODUCTION POSSIBILITY CURVE................................................................................................................8
THE PPC AND OPPORTUNITY COST.......................................................................................................................10
SPECIALISATION AND EXCHANGE.......................................................................................................................13
ADAM SMITH...............................................................................................................................................................14
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE MARKET SYSTEM...............................................................19
RESOLVING WHAT, HOW AND FOR WHOM........................................................................................................20
CHAPTER 2: THE DETERMINATION OF PRICES............................................................................21
THE RATIONAL CONSUMER & UTILITY...............................................................................................................21
THE LAW OF DIMINISHING MARGINAL UTILITY..............................................................................................21
THE IRRATIONAL CONSUMER: AN INSIGHT INTO BEHAVIOURAL ECONOMICS......................................23
THE DEMAND CURVE...............................................................................................................................................25
Exceptions to the Law of Demand..................................................................................................................................27
THE SUPPLY CURVE..................................................................................................................................................27
THE EQUILIBRIUM PRICE.........................................................................................................................................29
CHANGES IN EQUILIBRIUM.....................................................................................................................................30
PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND............................................................................................................................34
INCOME ELASTICITY OF DEMAND........................................................................................................................41
CROSS ELASTICITY OF DEMAND...........................................................................................................................43
PRICE ELASTICITY OF SUPPLY...............................................................................................................................46
CHAPTER 4: TAXES AND SUBSIDIES........................................................................................... 50
SPECIFIC / PER UNIT TAXES....................................................................................................................................51
AD VALOREM TAXES................................................................................................................................................53
CHAPTER 5: MARKETS IN ACTION.............................................................................................. 57
THE LABOUR MARKET.............................................................................................................................................57
THE DEMAND FOR LABOUR....................................................................................................................................57
THE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND FOR LABOUR.....................................................................................................59
THE SUPPLY OF LABOUR.........................................................................................................................................59
THE ELASTICITY OF SUPPLY FOR LABOUR........................................................................................................61
THE MARKET WAGE RATE......................................................................................................................................62
CURRENT LABOUR MARKET ISSUES....................................................................................................................62
THE SHARE MARKET................................................................................................................................................63
CHAPTER 6: MARKET FAILURE AND NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES..................................................66
INTRODUCTION TO MARKET FAILURE................................................................................................................66
NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES FROM PRODUCTION.............................................................................................67
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION..............................................................................................................................68
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION..............................................................................................................................75
INTRODUCTION TO COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS..................................................................................................76
USES AND LIMITATIONS..........................................................................................................................................78
CHAPTER 8: PUBLIC GOODS....................................................................................................... 81
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, INTRODUCTION TO PRIVATE AND PUBLIC GOODS..........................................................................................81
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION..............................................................................................................................82
CHAPTER 8: INFORMATION FAILURE.......................................................................................... 83
INFORMATION FAILURE..........................................................................................................................................83
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION..............................................................................................................................89
MAXIMUM PRICE SCHEMES....................................................................................................................................95
CHAPTER 12: GOVERNMENT FAILURE........................................................................................98
CHAPTER 13: THE BIRTH & GROWTH OF FIRMS (AN INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS ECONOMICS)
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INTRODUCTION TO THE BIRTH AND GROWTH OF FIRMS...............................................................................99
TYPES OF FIRMS.........................................................................................................................................................99
THE MOTIVES FOR GROWTH................................................................................................................................100
EVALUATION OF MERGERS..................................................................................................................................107
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