What are two benefits of using a Tradable Pollution Permits scheme?
-Creates a market incentive for innovation to cut carbon.
-Efficient because it is cost effective: carbon emissions can be cut by the firms who have the cheapest costs.
What are the objectives of firms in a market? (generally)
To maximise profit
Given something of the form a^m, what word do we use to describe a?
Base
What is the equation for the Quantity Theory of Money and what does each part stand for?
MV = PT
M- Money Supply
V- Velocity of exchange
P- Price Level
T- Number of transactions of goods and services
Define Structural Deficit.
Long-term deficit that is not related to the state of the economy.
Define productivity.
Productivity = Output per Input
Explain the concept of natural monopoly and draw the diagram.
A natural monopoly has high fixed costs.
This leads to constantly falling AC and MC which is below AC across all output levels.
Qmes (minimum efficient scale) which is higher than all output levels.
Say that Goods A and B are Substitute Goods and the price of Good B goes down. What will happen to demand for Good A?
Demand curve shifts left
Define Behavioural Barrier to Entry
Barriers that are erected deliberately by the incumbent firms to deter other firms from entering the market.
Describe how to construct a Production Possibility Frontier (PPF) and what it shows.
Take two different goods. Each axis shows the production level of each good. A curve or line demonstrates the maximum possible output of the economy as a combination of these two goods.