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INSURANCE: Transferring risk to others. The need for insurance occurs because people tend to be risk averse in many circumstances. As such, most of us are willing to pay for certainty. Those who satisfy this need for insurance, insurance companies for example, do so because they can pool risk. If insurance companies know the chance of some loss (an accident, illness, or whatever) and its cost, then they can divide this cost among a large group of risk averse types. The insurance company agrees to pay the cost of the loss and each of the risk averse types pay a risk premium, but get the peace of mind that goes with certainty.
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Lesson 21: Factor Demand | Unit 5: Taking Stock
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- Let's take stock.
- First, factor demand is one side of the factor market.
- Second, factor demand is a derived demand.
- Third, factor demand depends on marginal physical product and marginal revenue.
- Fourth, the factor demand curve is negatively sloped due to the law of diminishing marginal returns.
- Fifth, the factor demand curve shifts due to changes in the factor demand determinants.
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MODEL An abstract representation of the real world that is usually based on scientific theories, principles, and hypotheses. A model is used to analyze economic phenomena by focusing on a small number of essential aspects of the real world. It is then manipulated to derive conclusions and implications that can be applied to the real world.
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There were no banks in colonial America before the U.S. Revolutionary War. Anyone seeking a loan did so from another individual.
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