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MARGINAL FACTOR COST: The change in total factor cost resulting from a change in the quantity of factor input, found by dividing the change in total factor cost by the change in quantity of factor input. Marginal factor cost, abbreviated MFC, indicates how a firm's total factor cost is affected by hiring one more or one fewer worker. Two related concepts are total factor cost and average factor cost.
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Unit 1: Buying Basics |
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Unit 2: Law of Demand |
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Unit 3: Demand Curve |
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Unit 4: Determinants |
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Market Demand
This lesson on demand offers a little insight, not only into my Stuffed Amigo buying behavior, but into the purchases of a wide range of other goods, too, even goods that aren't cute and cuddly. In fact, this demand topic does more than offer insight into buying behavior. It's also one half of the market analysis -- the other half being supply. And market analysis is one of the most widely used tools in the study of economics. Economists explain a lot of economic phenomenon using markets. But to use markets, we need demand, which brings us back to this lesson. - In the first unit of this lesson, Buying Basics, we examine the basic concept of demand. While you've likely come across the term demand before, we'll see the specific way the term is used in economics.
- The second unit, Law of Demand, then takes a look at the law of demand, which is one of the most important and fundamental economic principles that we'll encounter.
- As we move on to the third unit, Demand Curve, our attention turns to the demand curve, which is the graphical embodiment of demand.
- In the fourth unit, Determinants, we examine how the five basic demand determinants that cause the demand curve to shift from one location to another.
- And finally in the fifth unit, Scarcity, we make a connection between demand and the fundamental problem of scarcity.
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ARC ELASTICITY The average elasticity for discrete changes in two variables. The distinguishing characteristic of arc elasticity is that percentage changes are calculated based on the average of initial and ending values of each variable, rather than initial values. Arc elasticity is generally calculated using the midpoint elasticity formula. The contrast to arc elasticity is point elasticity. For infinitesimally small changes in two variables, arc elasticity is the same as point elasticity.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a going out of business sale looking to buy either a large, stuffed giraffe or a birthday greeting card for your aunt. Be on the lookout for strangers with large satchels of used undergarments.
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