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ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY: Obtaining the most consumer satisfaction from available resources. Allocative efficiency means that our economy is doing the best job possible of satisfying unlimited wants and needs with limited resources -- that is, of addressing the problem of scarcity.
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Lesson 11: Elasticity Basics | Unit 1: The Concept
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- The notion of stretchability is extremely important for the analysis of the market.
- The quantities of a good demanded and supplied are stretchable, with price being the instigating force.
- A better understanding of this stretchability concept might be useful.
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SUPPLY TO A FIRM The range of quantities of a factor that a firm is able to buy at a range of factor prices. Supply to a firm is a phrase that is most relevant to the study of factor markets, especially when contrasted with supply by a firm. Supply to a firm puts the firm on the buying side of the factor market. Supply by a firm puts the firm on the selling side of the factor market.
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