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PERFECT COMPETITION, PROFIT MAXIMIZATION: A perfectly competitive firm is presumed to produce the quantity of output that maximizes economic profit--the difference between total revenue and total cost. This production decision can be analyzed directly with economic profit, by identifying the greatest difference between total revenue and total cost, or by the equality between marginal revenue and marginal cost.
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Lesson 8: Market Shocks | Unit 3: Single Shifts
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The six steps for an increase in supply:- A determinant changes. The price of ice cream, a key resource input for hot fudge sundaes, declines.
- A curve to shifts. The supply curve for hot fudge sundaes shifts rightward.
- A shortage or a surplus occurs. The increase in supply causes a surplus of hot fudge sundaes.
- The price changes. The price of hot fudge sundaes goes down.
- The quantities demanded and supplied change. The quantity supplied for hot fudge sundaes decreases while their quantity demand is increased.
- The market imbalance is eliminated and equilibrium is restored. The surplus of hot fudge sundaes is eliminated. The price is lower and the quantity exchanged is more.
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GOLD CERTIFICATES Paper currency issued and authorized by the U.S. Department of the Treasury that is, in principle, backed up by, and exchangeable for, an equivalent value of gold. Gold certificates were in circulation as a medium of exchange for the U.S. economy during two periods, 1865 to 1922 and 1928 to 1934. A similar form of paper currency is silver certificates.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a going out of business sale hoping to buy either a travel case for you toothbrush or a looseleaf notebook binder. Be on the lookout for mail order catalogs with hidden messages.
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"The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those that fail. " -- Napoleon Hill, author
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