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Terms in this set (21)Production Possibilities Frontiers and Opportunity Costs A curve showing the maximum attainable combinations of two products that may be produced with available resources and current technology. PPF's with straight line Constant marginal opportunity cost PPF's with bowed outward Represent increasing marginal opportunity costs PPF & OPPORTUNITY COST Lead to economic growth Changing resources and technology Economic Growth The ability of the economy to increase the production of goods and services When the PPF is bowed outward Increasing the production of one product involves sacrificing increasing amounts of the alternative product Labor Physical actions of humans needed to produce a product Physical Capital Any manufactured resource needed to produce a product Trade Act of buying or selling Direct Trade Occurs when one good or service is exchanged for another good or service Indirect Trade Occurs when one good or service is exchanged for money and that money is exchanged for another good or service. Absolute Advantage Ability of an individual, a firm, or a country to produce more of a good or service than competitors, using the same resources. Comparative Advantage Ability of an individual, firm, or country to produce a good or service at a lower opportunity cost than competitors. Opportunity cost is measured by The slope of a country's PPF Market Group of buyers and sellers of a good or service and the institution or arrangement by which they come together. Product Market Market for goods, such as computers, or services, such as medical treatment. Factor Market Market for the factors of production, such as labor, capital, land, and entrepreneurial ability. Market system Link between the marks can be shown with the circular flow diagram Free Market Exists when the government places few restrictions on how goods and services can be produced or sold or on how factors of production are employed. Two conditions for free market to work 1. Prices must be flexible and free to adjust up or down (competitive market) Sets with similar termsMacroeconomics: Chapter 216 terms WiktorB Macroeconomics Chapter 2: Trade-Offs, Comparative…15 terms tyguy2473 Microecon. Chapter 215 terms brathgeb Economics Chapter 1 and 236 terms missysipa Sets found in the same folderMicroeconomics Chapter 619 terms ernie65 Microeconomics Chapter 1 Vocab37 terms emsybythesea Microeconomics Chapter 510 terms Kelly_Brockett Microeconomics Chapter 3 Vocabulary23 terms maiwhite98 Other sets by this creatorMicroeconomics Chapter 417 terms Ashlyn_Zajac Microeconomics Chapter 333 terms Ashlyn_Zajac Microeconomics Chapter 117 terms Ashlyn_Zajac Verified questions
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Is the ability of a person or country to produce a good or service for the lowest opportunity cost?Comparative advantage is an economy's ability to produce a particular good or service at a lower opportunity cost than its trading partners. Comparative advantage is used to explain why companies, countries, or individuals can benefit from trade.
What does a countries ability to produce goods and services depend on?Principle #8: A country's standard of living depends on its ability to produce goods & services. The most important determinant of living standards: productivity, the amount of goods and services produced per unit of labor. Productivity depends on the equipment, skills, and technology available to workers.
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