PSU - ECON 102 FINAL EXAM REVIEW NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE
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Economics - <<ANSWER>>study of how people and societies use limited resources to
satisfy unlimited wants; the management of scarcity and choice
Resources - <<ANSWER>>1. Land: anything provided by nature
2. Labor: Mental and physical efforts of humans
3. Capitol: anything that is provided which in turn is used to produce other goods and
services
Specialization Effect - <<ANSWER>>As you add more workers to a fixed amount of
capitol, the workers can specialize in different tasks which makes the MPL increase
Congestion Effect - <<ANSWER>>as you add more and more workers to a fixed
capitol, each worker has an average of less and less capitol with which to work
Law of Diminishing Marginal Product - <<ANSWER>>- as more and more variable
resources (such as workers or materials) are added to a fixed amount of other
resources (such as buildings and equipment), the additional (marginal) amount
produced eventually decreases
Fixed Cost - <<ANSWER>>-a cost that does not change, no matter how much of a
good is produced
-in short run
Variable cost - <<ANSWER>>-costs that change as output changes
-in short run
Average Fixed/Variable cost - <<ANSWER>>FC/Q or VC/Q
Marginal Cost - <<ANSWER>>The change of total cost for producing one additional unit
of production.
Marginal vs Average - <<ANSWER>>Think of HW example: personal HW grade is
marginal, Class average of HW grade is Average
, Assumptions of Perfect Competition - <<ANSWER>>1. Many buyers and sellers
2. firms are price takers
3. identical products
4. easy exit and entry
5. complete information
6. no transaction costs
7. no government interference
What do firms do when MR>MC - <<ANSWER>>increase output to increase profit
What do firms do when MR<MC - <<ANSWER>>decrease output to increase profit
What happens when Market Price > Breakeven Price - <<ANSWER>>Firms are making
positive economic profit,
attracts entry from other firms,
decreases the Market Price
What happens when Market Price < Breakeven Price - <<ANSWER>>Firms make
negative economic profit,
firms will exit the industry,
decrease in market supply,
increase in market price
What happens when you raise the price of an inelastic good - <<ANSWER>>total
revenue will increase
What happens when you raise the price of an elastic good - <<ANSWER>>Total
revenue will decrease
Perfectly Inelastic - <<ANSWER>>|E|=0
Microeconomics - <<ANSWER>>The study of decision making undertaken by individual
economic agents (households, firms)
Macroeconomics - <<ANSWER>>The study of the economy as a whole
3 main economic questions - <<ANSWER>>What will we produce? how will we
produce? who gets it?
How to answer 3 basic economic questions - <<ANSWER>>1. Command Economy:
control authority ex. Queen
2. Market Economy: buyers and sellers come together
3. Mixed Economy: has elements of both 1 and 2
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