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7137327691economicsbranch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth0
7137328964scarcitythe state of being scarce; shortage1
7137333233marginal analysisan examination of the additional benefits of an activity compared to the additional costs incurred by that same activity2
7137335150modela system or thing used as an example to follow or imitate3
7137336443price elasticityis a measure of the responsiveness of demand or supply of a good or service to changes in price4
7137339030price discriminationthe action of selling the same product at different prices to different buyers, in order to maximize sales and profits5
7137340283perfect competitionthe situation prevailing in a market in which buyers and sellers are so numerous and well informed that all elements of monopoly are absent and the market price of a commodity is beyond the control of individual buyers and sellers6
7137341505efficiencythe state or quality of being efficient7
7137342185equitythe quality of being fair and impartial or the quality of being fair and impartial8
7137343645externalitya side effect or consequence of an industrial or commercial activity that affects other parties without this being reflected in the cost of the goods or services involved9
7137345018positive externalityis a benefit that is enjoyed by a third-party as a result of an economic transaction10
7137346077negative externalityis a cost that is suffered by a third party as a result of an economic transaction11
7137346976asymmetric informationdeals with the study of decisions in transactions where one party has more or better information than the other12
7137347756adverse selectionrefers to a situation where sellers have information that buyers do not, or vice versa about some aspect of product quality13
7137348744moral hazzardlack of incentive to guard against risk where one is protected from its consequences14
7137349433signalingis the idea that one party credibly conveys some information about itself to another party15

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