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Economics: Foundations and Models. What Happens When U.S. Firms Move to China?. After studying. Economics: Foundations and Models. Economics: Foundations and Models. Building a Foundation: Economics and Individual Decisions. Apple Computer Makes a Decision at the Margin.
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What Happens When U.S. FirmsMove to China? After studying
The Economic Problem That Every Society Must Solve Centrally Planned Economies versus Market Economies
Economic Models Normative and Positive Analysis
Allocative efficiency CCentrally planned economy EEconomic model EEconomic variable EEconomics EEquity MMacroeconomics MMarginal analysis MMarket
Appendix 1A:Using Graphs and Formulas Graphs of One Variable
Appendix 1A:Using Graphs and Formulas Graphs of One Variable
Appendix 1A:Using Graphs and Formulas Graphs of Two Variables
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5 Many U.S., Japanese, and European firms have been moving the production of goods and services to other countries.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1 Market A group of buyers and sellers of a good or service and the institution or arrangement by which they come together to trade. Marginal analysis Analysis that involves comparing marginal benefits and marginal costs. Three important ideas: PPeople are rational PPeople respond to economic incentives OOptimal decisions are made at the margin
LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1 Should Apple produce an additional 300,000 iPods? IIn solving the problem, consider the fo
LEARNING OBJECTIVE 2 Trade-off The idea that because of scarcity, producing more of one good or service means producing less of another good or service. Three fundamental questions: WWhat goods and services will be produced? HHow will the goods and services be produced? WWho will receive the goods and services produced?
Centrally planned economy An economy in which the government decides how economic resources will be allocated. MMarket economy An economy in which the decisions of households and firms interacting in markets allocate economic resources.
Mixed economy An economy in which most economic decisions result from the interaction of buyers and sellers in markets, but in which the government plays a significant role in the allocation of resources.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE 3 To develop a model, economists generally follow these steps: DDecide on the assumptions
LEARNING OBJECTIVE 3 The Role of Assumptions in Economic Models EEconomic models make behavioral assumptions about the motives of consumers and firms. FForming and Testing Hypotheses in Economic Models
Economic variable Something measurable that can have different values, such as the wages of software programmers.