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OLIGOPOLY CHARACTERISTICS: The three most important characteristics of oligopoly are: (1) an industry dominated by a small number of large firms, (2) firms sell either identical or differentiated products, and (3) the industry has significant barriers to entry.
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Unit 1: The Method |
Unit 2: Theory |
Unit 3: Verification |
Unit 4: Science and Practice |
Unit 5: Cause and Effect |
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Economic Science
In this lesson you'll see why and how the scientific method is a process of discovery. You'll see that it's a process of building theories to explain the workings of the world (the economy) by proposing then testing hypotheses. The five units making up this lesson will guide you through the basics of the scientific method and how it's used in the study of economics. - The first unit introduces the scientific method, especially its' four key components -- theories, principles, hypothesis, and data.
- The second unit then takes a closer look at theories, including the central role played by abstraction.
- In the third unit, we will focus on the process of verification -- how and why hypothesized relationships about the workings of the economy are compared with actual data.
- We then turn out attention to a simple example of how the scientific method is used to test a hypothesized relation between course grades and where students are seated in a classroom.
- The fifth and final unit in this lesson examines the role that cause and effect plays in the scientific method and economic science.
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AVERAGE REVENUE PRODUCT AND MARGINAL REVENUE PRODUCT A mathematical connection between average revenue product and marginal revenue product stating that the change in the average revenue product depends on a comparison between the average revenue product and marginal revenue product. If marginal revenue product is less than average revenue product, then average revenue product declines. If marginal revenue product is greater than average revenue product, then average revenue product rises. If marginal revenue product is equal to average revenue product, then average revenue product does not change.
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Approximately three-fourths of the U.S. paper currency in circular contains traces of cocaine.
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"There is no passion to be found playing small ‚ in settling for a life that idles than the one you are capable of living." -- Nelson Mandela
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