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DEADWEIGHT LOSS: A net loss in social welfare that results because the benefit generated by an action differs from the foregone opportunity cost. This is usually the combination of lost consumer surplus and lost producer surplus, and indicates of the inefficiency of a situation. Deadweight loss is commonly illustrated by a market diagram if the quantity of output produced results in a demand price that exceeds the supply price. The triangle formed by the demand curve above, supply curve below, and quantity to the left is the area of deadweight loss. If demand price equals supply price, this triangle disappears and so too does the deadweight loss. Deadweight loss can result from government actions (taxes, price controls) or from market failures (externalities, market control)
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Lesson 22: Factor Supply | Unit 2: Resources
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Entrepreneurship: Risk
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- Some key features underlying the factor supply of entrepreneurial services.
- Unknown Quantity: First, because entrepreneurs can move so easily into and out of the ranks of labor, identifying the factor supply of entrepreneurship is not that simple.
- Risk Preference: Second, that task of organizing production undertaken by entrepreneurship is full of risk.
- Less to Lose: Third, people are more inclined to undertake the risk of entrepreneurship, when they have less to lose.
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INFLATIONARY EXPECTATIONS, AGGREGATE EXPENDITURES DETERMINANT One of several specific aggregate expenditures determinants assumed constant when the aggregate expenditures line is constructed, and that shifts the aggregate expenditures line when it changes. An increase in inflationary expectations causes an increase (upward shift) of the aggregate expenditures line. A decrease in inflationary expectations causes a decrease (downward shift) of the aggregate expenditures line. Other notable aggregate expenditures determinants include interest rates, federal deficit, consumer confidence, and exchange rates.
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