Macroeconomics Summaries
Four Market Summary (Perfect Competition, Monopolistic
Competition, Monopoly & Oligopoly)
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DIFFERENT POINTS ALONG
BUDGET CONSTRAINT ARE
CONSUMPTION POSSIBILITIES
8
6
&
⑳
AFFORDABLE
·
ALL THINGS YOU CAN AFFORD TO BUY AFFORDABLE UNAFFORDABLE
4 ⑧
· ON LINE = USING ALL
LIMITED BY INCOME + PRICES ONE MUST PAY 2 ⑧ INCOME
BUDGET LINE
·
CONSUMER'S BUDGET LINE ⑧
0 ,2 3 4 3
-
LIMIT TO CONSUMPTION POSSIBILITIES movies (PER MONTH
-MARKS BOUNDARY BETWEEN COMBINATION Of GOODS + SERVICES HOUSEHOLD CAN AFFORD TO BUY THOSE IT CAN'T
-
CONSUMPTION POSSIBILITIES LIMITED BY INCOME
CONSUMER'S
-
BUDGET LINE CONSTRAINS CHOICES : MARKS BOUNDARY BETWEEN WHAT IS AFFORDABLE +
WHAT IS UNAFFORDABLE
·
CHANGES IN CONSUMPTION POSSIBILITIES
-
W WHEN INCOME/PRICES &
-
RISE IN INCOME SHIFTS BUDGET LINE OUTWARD BUT LEAVES SLOPE UNCHANGED
-
BUDGET LINE SHOWS WHAT IS POSSIBLE +PREFERENCES DETERMINE CHOICE CONSUMER MAKES
PREFERENCES
·
DESCRIPTION Of LIKES + DISLIKES
·
DESCRIBE PREFERENCES IN CONCEPT Of MARGINAL BENEFIT MARGINAL BENEFIT CURUE
·
MBC IS ALSO DEMAND CURVE
·
.. GOAL OF THEORY Of CONSUMER CHOICE IS TO DERIVE DEMAND CURVE FROM DEEPER ACCOUNT Of How
CONSUMERS MAKE TUEIR BUYING PLANS : EXPLAIN WHAT DETERMINES DEMAND +MB
·
ACHIEVE THIS GOAL VIA DEEPER WAY OF DESCRIBING PREFERENCES
1 APPROACH USES IDEA Of UTILITY
·
UTILITY =
BENEFIT/SATISFACTION PERSON GETS FROM CONSUMPTION Of GOODS + SERVICES
· TOTAL BENEFIT PERSON GETS FROM CONSUMPTION Of All DIff GOODS
TOTAL UTILITY + SERVICES
-
DEPENDS ON LEVEL Of CONSUMPTION
-
MORE CONSUMPTION GENERALLY GIVES MORE UTILITY
· CHANGE IN TOTAL UTILITY THAT RESULTS FROM A ONE-UNIT INCREASE IN QUANTITY Of GOOD CONSUMED
MARGINAL UTILITY
QUANTITY OF GOOD CONSUMED &
-
MU IS POSITIVE BUT DIMINISHES AS
-
POSITIVE MU
ALL THINGS PEOPLE ENJOY +WANT MORE Of
·
·
Tu AS QUANTITY CONSUMED
POLLUTED AIR
·
SOME THINGS +ACTIVITIES :
NEGATIVE MU :. LOWER TO EC .
-
DIMINISHING Mr
↓ AS CONSUMPTION
·
TENDENCY FOR MU TO Of GOOD =
PRINCIPLE Of DIMINISHING Mr