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Microeconomics Midterm 1 Study Guide: Foundations, Markets, Efficiency, and Government Intervention

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Introduction to Economics

People Are Rational

People Respond to Incentives

Marginal Analysis

Production Possibilities Frontier (PPF) - Introduction and Productive Efficiency

PPF - Increasing Marginal Opportunity Costs and Allocative Efficiency

Microeconomics vs. Macroeconomics

Circular Flow Diagram

Competitive Markets

The Demand Curve

Movement Along a Demand Curve

Shifts in the Demand Curve

The Supply Curve

Movement Along a Supply Curve

Shifts in the Supply Curve

Market Equilibrium

Consumer Surplus and Willingness to Pay

Producer Surplus and Willingness to Sell

Economic Surplus and Efficiency

Price Ceilings, Price Floors, and Black Markets

Introducing Taxes and Tax Incidence

Effects of Taxes on a Market

Positive and Normative Analysis

Marginal Cost