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Flashcards 16
Language English
Category Macro-Economics
Level University
Created / Updated 18.12.2016 / 26.12.2016
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Utility

Measures the want-satisfying power of a good or a service.

Marginal utility

Measures the.increase in total utility when an additional unit of a good is consumed.

Utilitarianism

the greatest happiness of the greatest number.

Law of diminishing marginal utility

states that as the amount of a good consumed increases, the marginal utility of that good tends to diminish.

MU1 / P1 = MU2 / P2 =…= MU per $ spent

Describes the market basket of goods that will bring the consume maximum satisfaction.

Market demand

Represents the sum of the individual demands at each price.

Income elasticity

Denotes the percentage change in quantity demanded divided by the oereentage change in income, all else held fixed.

substitutes

Given two goods, an increase in the price of one causes an in-crease in the demand for the other.

Complements

Given two goods, an increase the price of one causes a decrease in the demand for the other.

ordinal UtilitY

Consumers only need to determine their preference ranking of bundles of commodities.

Substitution effect

States that when the price of a good rises, consumers will tend to substitute other goods for the one whose price is rising in order to satisfy their needs less expensively

income effect

Denotes the impact of a price change on a good's quantity demanded that results from the effect of the price change on consumers' real income

demerit goods

Goods whose consumption is deemed harmful

merit goods

Goods whose consumption is deemed healthy

paradox of value

Explains why the price of a diamond is greater than the price of a gallon of water.

consumer surplus

The gap between the total utility of a good and its total market value.