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ECONOMIZE: The process of obtaining the most for the least. That is, to limit the cost of an action or to gain the greatest benefit from an activity. To economize also means to limit or prevent waste and inefficiency.
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Lesson 8: Market Shocks | Unit 2: Determinants
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Five basic supply determinants:- Resource prices: Higher prices of inputs such as labor, land, and raw material, decrease supply.
- Technology: Improved technology means an increase in supply.
- Prices of other goods: An increase in the price of a substitute-in-production, decreases supply. An increase in the price of a complement-in-production, increases supply.
- Seller's expectations: If sellers expect higher prices tomorrow, they decrease supply today.
- Number of sellers: More sellers mean more supply.
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ECONOMIES OF SCALE Declining long-run average cost that occurs as a firm increases all inputs and expands its scale of production. Economies of scale result from increasing returns to scale and are graphically illustrated by a negatively-sloped long-run average cost curve. Economies of scale usually occur for relatively small levels of production and are then overwhelmed by diseconomies of scale for relatively large production levels. Together, economies of scale and diseconomies of scale create a U-shaped long-run average cost curve.
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A half gallon milk jug holds about $50 in pennies.
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"You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks, jump over the hurdles and break through the brick walls that are always going to be placed in front of you. If you don't have that kind of feeling for what it is you're doing, you'll stop at the first giant hurdle. " -- George Lucas
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TNV
Total Net Value
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