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LOCATION THEORY: A theoretical framework for studying the location decisions made of firms and households based on transportation cost and spatial differences in the accessibility of inputs and markets for outputs. Location theory, developed with noted contributions from August Losch, Alfred Weber, Johann von Thunen, Walter Christaller, and Walter Isard, explicitly considers the cost of transportation in the production and consumption choices made by firms and households. Location theory has been used to explain urban density, labor migration, and land use.
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Lesson 9: Macro Basics | Unit 3: Business Cycles
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To understand business cycles, we need the causes:- Consumption: If households decide to buy more or less, the rest of the economy follows suit.
- Capital Investment: Big swings can set in motion upward or downward spirals of total production.
- Government Purchases and Taxes: Government purchases can be contractionary or expansionary effect over the economy. Taxes affect the ability of the household and business sectors to buy production.
- Net Exports: Changes in exports can trigger expansions and contractions of the domestic economy.
- Circulating Money: Too much money can trigger and inflationary expansion, too little money can trigger contraction and unemployment.
- Resource Supply Considerations: Resource supply changes (energy prices, technology, wages, etc.) can trigger expansions and contractions.
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ALLOCATION The process of distributing resources for the production of goods and services, and of distributing goods and services for the satisfaction of wants and needs and human consumption. This allocation process is an essential part of an economy's effort to address the problem of scarcity.
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