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5729401848average fixed costAFC (fixed costs divided by the quantity)0
5729401849average revenueAR (revenue divided by the quantity)1
5729401850average total costATC (total costs divided by the quantity)2
5729401851average variable costAVC (variable costs divided by the quantity)3
5729401852changea triangle4
5729401853consumer price indexCPI (the price of a fixed collection of goods and services each year compared to a base year)5
5729401854consumer surplusCS (difference between what a consumer would pay, say $16, and what he does pay, say $10; the CS= $6)6
5729401855deadweight lossDWL (the loss in an economy due to inefficiency; market equilibrium (Me) is not being achieved)7
5729401856decreasedown arrow8
5729401857demandD (describes the behavior of consumers in the market)9
5729401858elasticityE (a measure of how sensitive one variable is to another)10
5729401859equilibrium pricePe (when supply (S) and demand (D) intersect and create market equilibrium (Me), the Ep is the price (P) that exists at that time)11
5729401860equilibrium quantityQe (when supply (S) and demand (D) intersect and create market equilibrium (Me), the Eq is the quantity (Q) that exists at that time)12
5729401861equilibrium wageWe (the wage for workers that equates demand and supply; the wage that produces neither an excess supply of workers nor an excess demand of workers in the labor market)13
5729401862fixed costsFC (a firm's costs that cannot be changed in the short-run, like rent)14
5729401863gross domestic productGDP (the value of a country's overall output of goods and services during a specific period of time. GDP includes all newly made goods, such as cars, trucks, houses, etc.; it also includes services, such as education, health-care, and government)15
5729401864income elasticity of demandYED (the quantity (Q) consumers are willing to buy because of a change in their income) YED = the % change in quantity demanded (Qd) divided by the % change in income16
5729401865increaseup arrow17
5729401866long-run average total costLRATC18
5729401867market equilibriumMe (when the market price (P) equals the equilibrium price (Pe) and the quantity (Q) bought and sold equals the equilibrium quantity (Qe)19
5729401868marginal benefitMB (the increase in benefit from, or the willingness to pay for, one more unit of a good)20
5729401869marginal costMC (the increase in total costs (TC) associated with an additional unit of production)21
5729401870marginal social benefitMSB (the true benefit to society)22
5729401871marginal social costMSC (the buyer's cost with externality costs factored in; the sum of the firm's marginal private cost and the increase in external costs to society as more is produced)23
5729401872marginal private benefitMPB (the marginal benefit (MB) as perceived by the consumer)24
5729401873marginal private costMCP (the seller's cost with no externality costs factored in)25
5729401874marginal product of laborMPL (the increase in production that comes from an additional unit of labor, either hours or workers)26
5729401875marginal revenueMR (the extra revenue (R) that results from producing and selling one more unit of output)27
5729401876marginal revenue costMRC (the cost to increase your labor force to produce one more unit)28
5729401877marginal revenue product of laborMRPL (the amount of revenue gained from adding more labor)29
5729401878percentage%30
5729401879priceP (the cost of an item purchased)31
5729401880price elasticity of demandPED (a measure of the sensitivity of the quantity demanded (Qd) of a good to the price (P) of the good) PED = the % change in quantity demanded (Qd) divided by the % change in price (P)32
5729401881price elasticity of supplyPES (a measure of the sensitivity of the quantity supplied (Qs) of a good to the price (P) of the good) PES = the % change in quantity supplied (Qs) divided by the % change in price (P)33
5729401882producer surplusPS (the difference between the price (P) and the marginal cost (MC) of every unit sold)34
5729401883variable costsVC (a firm's costs that can be changed in the short-run, like the number or hours of workers)35
5729401884quantityQ (amount)36
5729401885quantity demandedQd (the quantity (Q) of a product a consumer wants depending on the price (P)37
5729401886quantity suppliedQs (how much firms/producers are willing to produce depending on the price (P)38
5729401887supplyS (describes the behavior of firms in the market)39
5729401888total costsTC (what a firm has to incur in order to produce their product(s); fixed costs (FC) + variable costs (VC)40
5729401889total revenueTR (the amount of revenue earned (price (P) times the quantity (Q)) before total costs (TC) are paid)41
5729401890wageW (the money earned for work)42

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