P
Patent (s)
  • as a barrier to entry,
    Monopoly - Entry Barriers - 5,6
    Monopoly - Mutiple Choice Questions - 9
    Perfect Competition - Introduction - 6
  • See also Barriers to entry
Payoff matrix
See Game theory - payoff matrix
Perfect competition (Perfectly competitive market or industry)
  • change in costs,
    Perfect Competition - Cost Change - 1-19
  • characteristics of,
    Perfect Competition - Introduction - 2-7
  • definition of,
    Demand & Supply - Law of Supply - 3
    Perfect Competition - Introduction - 3
  • demand in perfectly competitive markets,
    Perfect Competition - Firm Demand - 1-4
    • change in demand,
      Perfect Competition - Demand Change - 1-11
  • entry into and exit from industry,
    Perfect Competition - Introduction - 2, 6
    Perfect Competition - Equilibrium - 3
  • examples of,
    Perfect Competition - Mutiple Choice Questions - 1-28
  • and factor markets,
    Factor Markets - Factor Demand - 6-13
    Factor Markets - Firm Hiring - 2
    Factor Markets - Mutiple Choice Questions - 2,4,14,16,19
  • and fixed costs,
    Perfect Competition - Short Run Shut Down - 5
    Perfect Competition - Cost Change - 1,12-17
  • in the long run,
    Perfect Competition - Mutiple Choice Questions - 3
  • long-run equilibrium,
    Perfect Competition - Equilibrium - 3-14
    Perfect Competition - Mutiple Choice Questions - 2,8,9,15,17,18,23,25
  • long-run shut down,
    Perfect Competition - Short Run Shut Down - 1
    Perfect Competition - Equilibrium - 1
  • and losses,
    Perfect Competition - Short Run - 10
    Perfect Competition - Demand Change - 9
  • and marginal cost,
    Perfect Competition - Firm Supply - 6
  • and marginal revenue,
    Perfect Competition - Firm Demand - 3
  • and profit,
    Perfect Competition - Short Run - 6
    Perfect Competition - Demand Change - 4
    Perfect Competition - Mutiple Choice Questions - 27
  • profit maximization in,
    Perfect Competition - Short Run - 3
    Perfect Competition - Firm Supply - 4
    Perfect Competition - Mutiple Choice Questions - 4,20
  • in the short run,
    Perfect Competition - Short Run - 1
    Perfect Competition - Mutiple Choice Questions - 1,3,7,16,26
  • short run equilibrium,
    Perfect Competition - Equilibrium - 14
    Perfect Competition - Demand Change - 4
    Perfect Competition - Mutiple Choice Questions - 2
  • short run shut down,
    Perfect Competition - Short Run Shut Down - 1
  • shut down price,
    Perfect Competition - Equilibrium - 2
Perfectly competitive firm
Perfect Competition - Mutiple Choice Questions - 1,10-13,20,23
  • and externalities,
    Externalities - Industry Structure - 1-5
    Externalities - Pollution Taxes - 2-5
  • and factor markets,
    Externalities - Industry-Efficiency - 3-5
    Factor Markets - Firm Hiring - 2
    Factor Markets - Mutiple Choice Questions - 16
  • and long run supply curve,
    Perfect Competition - Long Run Supply - 8
  • and marginal revenue,
    Perfect Competition - Firm Demand - 6
  • and shut down price,
    Perfect Competition - Equilibrium - 1-4
    Perfect Competition - Shut Down - 14
  • and supply,
    Perfect Competition - Firm Supply - 1-9
Perfectly elastic
  • demand,
    Elasticity - Demand Own Price - 24
  • supply,
    Current Events - Microsoft and DOJ
Perfectly inelastic
See also Inelastic demand
Pollution
Population
  • and demand,
    Demand & Supply - Law of Demand - 2
    Factor Markets - Factor Prices - 2
    Public Goods - Optimal Provision - 2
  • and the marginal benefit of abatement,
    Externalities - Optimal Pollution - 6
Positive relationship between variables,
Introduction - Graphs - 5-6
Demand & Supply - Supply Introduction - 1-3
Preferences,
Consumer Choice - Preferences - 1
Introduction - Mutiple Choice Questions - 11
See also Utility
Present value,
Factor Markets - Present Value - 1-19
Price,
See Market price
Price ceiling,
Demand & Supply - Equilibrium - 8
Demand & Supply - Mutiple Choice Questions - 7
Price discrimination,
Current Events - Oil Price Increases
Price elasticity of demand (Own Price),
  • definition of,
    Elasticity - Demand - Own Price - 1
  • elastic vs. inelastic,
    Elasticity - Demand - Own Price - 6
  • example of,
    Elasticity - Mutiple Choice Questions - 5,6,8,9,11,15
    Current Events - Cigarette Tax
  • and revenue,
    Elasticity - Demand Own Price - Revenue - 1-25
    Elasticity - Mutiple Choice Questions - 16
Price floor,
Demand & Supply - Equilibrium - 6
Demand & Supply - Mutiple Choice Questions - 6
Price inelastic demand,
See Inelastic demand
Price of complements,
Demand & Supply - Law of Demand - 2
Price of substitutes,
Demand & Supply - Law of Demand - 2
Price support,
Demand & Supply - Equilibrium - 6
Price taker,
Demand & Supply - Law of Supply - 2
Perfect Competition - Firm Supply - 1
Perfect Competition - Firm Supply - 12
Factor Markets - Market Power - 1
Price theory,
Introduction - Micro - 4
Prisoners' dilemma,
See Game theory - prisoners' dilemma
Private good (s)
  • vs. public good (s),
    Public Goods - Introduction - 2
    Public Goods - Demand for Public Goods - 2
  • and marginal utility ,
    Public Goods - Optimal Provision - 1
Private marginal cost of production (PMC),
Externalities - Industry Structure - 2-6
Producers' surplus,
Consumer Choice - Tax-Surplus - 1
Product differentiation,
Perfect Competition - Introduction - 5
Monopolistic Competition - Excess Capacity - 5
Monopolistic Competition - Introduction - 3, 6
Production costs,
Demand & Supply - Law of Supply - 4
Production Costs - Introduction - 1
Production Costs - Mutiple Choice Questions - 1-17
Factor Markets - Mutiple Choice Questions - 8
  • long run
    Production Costs - Long Run Costs - 1
Production possibilities frontier (PPF),
Introduction - PPF - 5
Introduction - Mutiple Choice Questions - 3
Current Events - Hurricanes and Strikes
Production possibilities set,
Introduction - PPF - 14
Production technology,
Introduction - PPF - 15-17
Demand & Supply - Law of Supply - 4
Introduction - Mutiple Choice Questions - 6,9
Factor Markets - Firm Hiring - 25
  • long run
    Production Costs - Short and Long Run Costs - 2
    Production Costs - Long Run Costs - 1
  • and public goods
    Public Goods - Optimal Provision - 2
Productivity,
Introduction - PPF - 18
Production Costs - Cost Shift - 3, 4
Production Costs - Cost Change - 2
Monopoly - Mutiple Choice Questions - 10,11
Factor Markets - Factor Demand - 16-20
Factor Markets - Market Power - 24
Factor Markets - Mutiple Choice Questions - 7,9
Externalities - Optimal Pollution - 1
Current Events - Productivity
Products,
See Outputs
Profit (s),
Production Costs - Introduction - 1
Production Costs - Mutiple Choice Questions - 23
Elasticity - Own Price - Revenue - 10
Factor Markets - Mutiple Choice Questions - 7
Current Events - Drug Bust
Current Events - Oil Price Increases
Current Events - Productivity
  • economic,
    See Economic profit
  • vs. revenue,
    Elasticity - Own Price - Revenue - 4
Profit maximizing firm
  • monopolist,
    Monopoly - Profit Maximization - 7
  • perfect competitor,
    Perfect Competition - Short Run - 3
    Perfect Competition - Firm Supply - 4
    Perfect Competition - Mutiple Choice Questions - 4,20
Property tax
See Taxes - property
Public economics,
Public Economics - Introduction - 1
Public good (s)
Publicly provided goods,
Public Economics - Introduction - 2
Public policy,
See Government
See Legislation
See Regulation
Pure private good (s),
Public Economics - Introduction - 2
Pure public good (s),
Public Economics - Introduction - 2
Public Economics - Free Rider - 1
Q
Quantity demanded
  • change in,
    Demand & Supply - Law of Demand - 3
    • vs. change in demand,
      Demand & Supply - Demand Introduction - 1
      Demand & Supply - Law of Demand - 4
  • definition of,
    Demand & Supply - Demand Introduction - 1
  • and elasticity,
    Elasticity - Introduction - 1
    Elasticity - Market Adjustment - 2
  • in an equation,
    Demand & Supply - Schedules & Equations - 4
  • and equilibrium,
    Demand & Supply - Equilibrium - 1
    Demand & Supply - Market Adjustment - 1
  • in an equation,
    Demand & Supply - Equilibrium - 1
Quantity supplied
  • change in,
    Demand & Supply - Law of Supply - 1
    Demand & Supply - Mutiple Choice Questions - 10
    • vs. change in supply,
      Demand & Supply - Mutiple Choice Questions - 10
  • and cost of factors of production,
    Demand & Supply - Production Costs - 1
  • definition of,
    Demand & Supply - Supply Introduction - 1
  • and elasticity,
    Elasticity - Introduction - 1
    Elasticity - Market Adjustment - 3
  • in an equation,
    Demand & Supply - Schedules & Equations - 5
  • and equilibrium,
    Demand & Supply - Equilibrium - 1
    Demand & Supply - Market Adjustment - 1
R
Rate of interest
See Interest rate
Rate of return,
Perfect Competition - Short Run Equilibrium - 11
Rate of substitution,
Consumer Choice - Utility Maximization - 3
See also Marginal rate of substitution
See also Marginal rate of technical substitution
Rationing,
Demand & Supply - Equilibrium - 11
Recession,
Perfect Competition - Demand Change - 9
Oligopoly - Repeated Games - 6, 11
Current Events - Hurricanes and Strikes
Recycling,
Oligopoly - Dilemmas - 14, 15
Regulation,
Externalities - Marketable Pollution Credits - 1
Externalities - Pollution Taxes - 1
  • in the absence of,
    Production Costs - Long Run Costs - 4
See also Antitrust law
See also Government
See also Price ceiling
See also Price floor
Related good (s)
See Complementary goods
See Substitute goods
Relationship
Relative price,
Consumer Choice - Budget Constraint - 2
Rent, Economic
See Economic rents
Rent control,
Demand & Supply - Equilibrium - 9-10
Rent control laws,
Demand & Supply - Equilibrium - 10
Repeated game (s),
See Game theory - repeated game
Research,
Elasticity - Demand Own Price - 25
Oligopoly - Introduction - 7
Resources,
Introduction - Micro - 5
Introduction - Production Possibilities - 12
Current Events - Hurricanes and Strikes
Current Events - Productivity
See also Unemployed resources
Returns to scale
See Constant returns to scale (CRS)
See Decreasing returns to scale (DRS)
See Increasing returns to scale (IRS)
Revenue,
  • definition of,
    Introduction - Cost & Profit - 2
  • and price,
    Elasticity - Own Price - Revenue - 1
    Elasticity - Mutiple Choice Questions - 5,8,16
  • raised by excise tax,
    Consumer Choice - Tax-Surplus - 3
  • shown graphically,
    Perfect Competition - Short Run - 5
Risk,
Monopoly - Entry Barriers - 7
Oligopoly - Mixed Strategies - 5
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