A level Year 2 Microeconomics - Statistics

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Hint Answer % Correct
Fixed cost + Variable cost Total cost
65%
Costs that do not change with output Fixed cost
53%
A large number of small suppliers, none of which is large enough to dominate the market (MS) Perfect competition
53%
A small number of large firms produce most of the output of an industry (MS) Oligopoly
47%
Secret or illegal cooperation in order to deceive other firms / achieve a common goal Collusion
41%
Total revenue - Total cost - Opportunity cost Economic profit
41%
Unit cost advantages from expanding the scale of production in the long-run Economies of Scale
41%
Costs that are dependant on output Variable cost
41%
When there is a wide-ranging agreement among several firms in a market Cartel
35%
In perfect competition, when price = AVC Shutdown point
35%
Any profit made above normal profit causing new firms to enter the market (AR>AC) Supernormal profit
35%
Total revenue - Total cost Accounting profit
29%
When organisational wastage leads to a loss of efficiency (Eff) X
29%
Focusses on the change in choice and quantity over time; linked with innovation (Eff) Dynamic
24%
In highly contestable markets, firms enter and leave in order to make short term supernormal profits Hit and Run
24%
The characteristics of a market which determine the behaviour of firms Market Structure
24%
A large number of small suppliers producing non-homogenous goods so have some price setting power (MS) Monopolistic Competition
24%
A formal agreement - when firms agree to fix prices and quantity (illegal in EU, UK and US) (Collusion) Overt
24%
Costs of production which are not recoverable if a firm leaves the market Sunk Costs
24%
When an economy is allocating scarce resources to meet society's wants and needs (P=MC) (Eff) Allocative
18%
The market share of the largest firms in the industry Concentration Ratio
18%
How easy it is for new firms to enter an industry/market Contestability
18%
Lead to a rise in a firms long-run average costs Diseconomies of Scale
18%
Occurs when a whole industry grows larger and firms benefit from lower long-run average costs (EoS) External
18%
Producing at the lowest possible cost of production (MC=AC) (Eff) Productive
18%
When AR < AC causing firms to leave the market Subnormal profit
18%
Informal agreement - firms monitor one another and copy each others actions (Collusion) Tacit
18%
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