Cambridge International AS and A Level Economics‚ Second Edition Colin Bamford and Susan Grant Excerpt More information 1 1 Basic economic ideas Basic economic ideas Core On completion of this core section you should know: • what is meant by scarcity and the inevitability of choices that have to be made by individuals‚ firms and governments • what is meant by opportunity cost • why the basic questions of what‚ how and for whom production takes place have to be addressed in all
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Describe and evaluate economic policy measures that can be used to reduce negative consumption and negative production externalities. Economic policy making is often a field of government decision-making or academia that is regularly filled with confusing terminology and definitions to the average person and thus somewhat confusing‚ this article looks at two of these such terms; ‘negative production externalities and negative consumption externalities’ and attempts to dissect their nature and
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Definition: In economics‚ production is the act of creating output‚ a good or service which has value and contributes to the utility of individuals.[1] The act may or may not include factors of production other than labor. Any effort directed toward the realization of a desired product or service is a "productive" effort and the performance of such act is production. The relation between the amount of inputs used in production and the resulting amount of output is called the production function. Economics
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goods Invisible trade: exchange of services such as e-commerce and credit sales. Balance of trade: visible exports - visible imports Balance of payments: a BOP is a record of all transactions relating to international trade. Current account: shows a value of all imports and exports over a period of time. Capital account: records flows of money into and out of a country resulting from transactions relating to savings investments and speculations. Economic Growth An increase
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the supplier would supply more to further increase profits. Price and quantity exchanged in the market is a bit more complex than the previous statement . We will start off the analysis by looking at the law of supply. The law of supply is a basic economic principle that states firms are willing to supply larger quantities at higher prices. In retrospect‚ they will supply lesser quantities at lower prices. Supply is illustrated by an upward-sloping line due to this concept. *Insert supply schedule
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ASSIGNMENT 1 DIPECO03 Basic Economics Question 1 Flow of Goods and Services Flow of Cash EXAMPLES OF TRANSACTIONS ON MARKET FOR GOODS AND SERVICES Question 1(a) and 1(c) EXAMPLES OF TRANSACTIONS ON MARKET FOR FACTOR OF PRODUCTION Question 1(b) and 1(d) Question 2 Consider the market for minivans. For each of the events listed here‚ identify which of the determinants of demand or supply
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following identify which of the economic principle(s) (see below) is at work. a. You pick the shortest line at the store checkout. g. People respond to incentives. b. The price of new textbooks increased so you buy the used textbook. e. Markets are a good way to organize economic activity. c. You decide to watch the Olympics rather than study for this test. b. The cost of something is what you must give up to get it. d. You help your friend with economics‚ he helps you with philosophy. d
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Economics Basics: Elasticity The degree to which a demand or supply curve reacts to a change in price is the curve’s elasticity. Elasticity varies among products because some products may be more essential to the consumer. Products that are necessities are more insensitive to price changes because consumers would continue buying these products despite price increases. Conversely‚ a price increase of a good or service that is considered less of a necessity will deter more consumers because the opportunity
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Title of the Article: The Problem of Production Author or Reference: Schumacher‚ E.F.‚ Small Is Beautiful‚ Harper & Row Subject or Field of Study: Science‚ Technology and Society The article itself talks about how we all look at the problem of production. With today’s generation‚ people come to think that the crisis on production has been resolved and they are falsely leaded by their leaders‚ experts and economists. That there is nothing to worry about and that we can live a life expending
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