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EFFICIENT SEARCH, DETERMINANTS: Two factors that affect information search are (1) the amount of purchase and (2) frequency of purchase. Goods that are relatively expensive increase the potential benefit of search. For example, saving 10 percent on the purchase price of a house is significantly more than saving 10 percent on the price of bar of soap. Buyers are thus likely to undertake extensive search when buying a house, but not for soap. Goods that are purchased more frequently also don't require extensive search activities. Since buyers already know the "best places" to buy the "highest quality" products at the "lowest prices" for frequently purchased goods, little can be gained from search.
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Lesson 14: Production | Unit 2: Production Measures
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- THE fundamental principle of short-run production illustrated by these marginal product numbers is the law of diminishing marginal returns.
- The law of diminishing marginal returns is a principle stating that as more and more of a variable input is added to a fixed input, the marginal product of the variable input eventually declines.
- Two types of marginal returns are actually illustrated here.
- Increasing Marginal Returns.
- Decreasing Marginal Returns.
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ABSTRACTION Simplifying the complexities of the real world by ignoring (hopefully) unimportant details while doing economic analysis. Abstraction is an essential feature of the scientific method. Hypothesis verification, model construction, and comparative static analysis are not possible without abstraction.
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In his older years, Andrew Carnegie seldom carried money because he was offended by its sight and touch.
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"Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." -- Theodore Roosevelt, 26th US president
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