Unit 5.1

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  • Unit 5.1
    • Trade-offs
      • When the selection of one choice results in the loss of the benefits gained by another
      • Opportunity cost
        • Benefit lostfrom the next best alternative when making a choice
        • eg. spending time grandparents. opportunity cost= spending time with friends
        • eg. spending money on healthcare. opportunity cost= spending on education
      • Scarcity and choice
        • Limited amount of resources so choices have to be made.
    • Raising and lowering prices
      • Price is the amount of money customers need to pay to buy a product
        • Changing price can lead to change in demand
      • Revenue is the amount of money a business gets from selling its products
      • Price sensitivity
        • When changing the price of a product leads to more than proportional change in demand.
        • Lots of substitutes
        • Luxury item/ not a neccessity
      • Price insenstitivity
        • When changing the price of a product leads to less than proportional change in demand
        • Few / no substitutes/ very strong branding
        • Product is essential/ a neccessity
    • Stakeholders
      • Examples and their key interests
      • Stakeholder conflicts
        • Different stakeholders have different viewpoints about the same issue
        • Example 1
        • Example 2
    • Hidden costs and benefits
      • Third parties are people or groups that have nothing to do with the decision
      • Negative Externalities
        • Negative effect of an economic decision on a third party
        • Traffic congestion
        • Noise pollution
        • Air pollution
        • Water pollution
        • Overcrowding
        • Resource depletion
      • Positive Externalities
        • Positive effect of an economic decision on a third party
        • Job creation
        • Site development
        • Training and education
        • New technology
        • Research and development

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