3/24 A2 Micro Glossary

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Across
  1. 2. the combinations of two goods that can be purchased with given income and given prices.
  2. 8. where a firm grows by producing backwards or forwards in its supply chain.
  3. 9. restrictions that prevent new firms entering an industry.
  4. 10. where with falling long-run average costs, it makes sense to have only one firm providing the good or service.
  5. 12. influencing choice by 'nudging' individuals towards making more effective decisions.
  6. 13. a market where entry is free and exit is costless.
  7. 14. a type of inferior good where the quantity demanded falls as price falls and the quantity demanded increases as price increases.
  8. 15. where it is impossible to make someone better off without making someone else worse off.
Down
  1. 1. where, following a price change, a consumer will substitute the cheaper good for the one that is now relatively more expensive.
  2. 3. the satisfaction received from consumption.
  3. 4. where an individual or a family are better off on means-tested benefits rather than working.
  4. 5. the addition to total cost when making one extra unit of output.
  5. 6. a formal agreement between firms to limit competition by limiting output or fixing prices.
  6. 7. an organisation of workers that aims to protect and enhance the well-being of its members through collective negotiations with employers and government.
  7. 11. a cost of production that is just sufficient for a firm to keep operating in a particular industry.