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Allocative Efficiency
when the available economic resources are used to produce the combination of goods and services that best matches people's tastes and preferences
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Allocative function of prices
changing relative prices allocate scarce resources away from markets exhibiting excess supply and into markets in which there is excess demand
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Artifical barrier to entry
a barrier to market entry which is man-made
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average cost
total cost of production divided by output
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average revenue
total revenue divided by output (=price in a single product firm)
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changing relative prices allocate scarce resources away from markets exhibiting excess supply and into markets in which there is excess demand

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Allocative function of prices

Card 3

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a barrier to market entry which is man-made

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Card 4

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total cost of production divided by output

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Card 5

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total revenue divided by output (=price in a single product firm)

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