AP微观经济学1.ppt
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1、FinancialAnalyst EconomicspCollege level coursepGrant student creditpHigher chances for college enrollment % of GradeNumber of QuestionsTime Allotted Reading PeriodSection I66 2/36070 minutes Section II33 1/31 long + 2 short50 minutes10 minutesAP Score Qualification5 Extremely well qualified4 Well q
2、ualified3 Qualified2 Possibly qualified1 No recommendationpEconomics studies how resources are used and how can be used to their fullest potential.pMacroeconomics: involves economic problems concerned by the nation.pMicroeconomics: concerns the economic problems faced by individuals, or firms.成本支出要素
3、需求销售收入产品供给产品需求消费支出要素收入要素供给企 业家 庭产品市场要素市场实物流货币流pPositive economics: is based on the scientific methods, pNormative economics: involves ones value judgments, personal opinions, and not based on a scientific investigation.pNeither of these two has superiority.pA resource is anything that can be used to
4、 produce a good or service. It includes:nLand: all natural resources.nLabor: all human attributes that are productive, eg. labor force, labor time, intellectual capability, etc.nCapital: productive equipment or machinery, eg. factory, computers, paper clips, etc.pOp cost is what must be sacrificed t
5、o obtain something.pIn the macroeconomics, op cost is: if a nation decides to produce one more unit of product A, how many units of product B will have to be sacrificed?pE.g. opp cost of guns = 1.67 pounds butter/gunpOr opp cost of butter = 0.6 guns/butterGunsButter1830All the points along the front
6、ier are equal: A, B, CPoints inside the frontier, D: resources are not fully used.Points outside the frontier, E: cannot be reached.BACDETwo factors cause the frontier to shift:p Changes in the amount of resources:nLand: new territory found, oil exploitationnLabor: population growth, nCapital: place
7、 new equipmentp Changes in technology and productivity.nPositive change: , reach “E”nNegative change: , reach “D”GunsButter1525BA As more of a product is produced, its op cost increases. When the resources are shifted from butter to gun production, not many more guns are produced, but a lot of butte
8、r must be sacrificed. The op cost of producing guns becomes high. When resources are forced to work in an industry where they are not proficient, they are less productive, and the op cost of producing a good becomes greater.Labor hours needed to produce a unit of:CountryWheatClothPortugal1020England
9、2060 Absolute advantage: the production can be made more efficiently. Comparative advantage: a nation can produce the good with a lower op cost. Portugal has an absolute advantage over England in both wheat and cloth production. But trade can still be beneficial to both countries even if Portugal ha
10、s the absolute advantage. As trade is based on comparative advantage, not absolute advantage.CountryWheatClothOpportunity costsPortugal211/2 c/w2 w/cEngland311/3 c/w3 w/c England has lower op cost in wheat, Portugal has lower op cost in cloth. Each country produced only the good with comparative adv
11、antage (lower op cost) and traded for the other good.Before specializationClothWheatEngland13Portugal52Total65After specializationEngland06Portugal60Trade is beneficial to all parties even when one party has an absolute advantage in everything.pDemandnLaw of demandnDemand curvenDeterminants of Deman
12、dnShift in demand and move along demandpSupply nLaw of supplynSupply curvenDeterminants of supplynShift in supply and move along supplypEquilibriumpPrice controlnPrice ceilingnPrice floorpThe Demand Functionnthe quantity of demanded depends on income, the prices of other goods, as well as other fact
13、ors pLaw of Demandndemand decreased as the price increasedPP*Q* QpDeterminants of DemandnPrice of productnConsumers incomenConsumer tastesnPrices of substitute productsnPrices of complementary productsnExpected future price of the productpThe Supply FunctionnThe quantity supply depends on the sellin
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