Economics miscellaneous


Economics miscellaneous

  1. Production refers to









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    Production refers to “the creation of utility having value-in-exchange.” The process of production may create six types of utilities: form utility, time utility, place utility, ownership utility, service utility and knowledge utility.

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    Production refers to “the creation of utility having value-in-exchange.” The process of production may create six types of utilities: form utility, time utility, place utility, ownership utility, service utility and knowledge utility.


  1. The sale of branded articles is common in a situation of









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    Monopolistic competition is a type of imperfect competition such that many producers sell products that are differentiated from one another (e.g. by branding or quality) and hence are not perfect substitutes. Textbook examples of industries with market structures similar to monopolistic competition include restaurants, cereal, clothing, shoes, and service industries in large cities.

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    Monopolistic competition is a type of imperfect competition such that many producers sell products that are differentiated from one another (e.g. by branding or quality) and hence are not perfect substitutes. Textbook examples of industries with market structures similar to monopolistic competition include restaurants, cereal, clothing, shoes, and service industries in large cities.



  1. The father of Economics is









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    Adam Smith is known as ‘Father of Modern Economics.’ He is best known for two classic works: The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776).

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    Adam Smith is known as ‘Father of Modern Economics.’ He is best known for two classic works: The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776).


  1. Any factor of production can earn economic-rent, when its supply will be









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    Economic rent is the revenue that can be earned from the land or other natural resource for which there is a fixed supply — as economists like to say, the supply is perfectly inelastic. Because the supply is perfectly inelastic, the amount of its supply does not depend on any income that the resource can produce.

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    Economic rent is the revenue that can be earned from the land or other natural resource for which there is a fixed supply — as economists like to say, the supply is perfectly inelastic. Because the supply is perfectly inelastic, the amount of its supply does not depend on any income that the resource can produce.



  1. Production function is the relationship between









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    In economics, a production function relates physical output of a production process to physical inputs or factors of production. The primary purpose of the production function is to address allocative efficiency in the use of factor inputs in production and the resulting distribution of income to those factors.

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    In economics, a production function relates physical output of a production process to physical inputs or factors of production. The primary purpose of the production function is to address allocative efficiency in the use of factor inputs in production and the resulting distribution of income to those factors.