VCE Economics - Unit 1 AOS 1 Terminology - Statistics

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Definition Term % Correct
The study of the overall economy Macroeconomics
71%
The study of individual economic units Microeconomics
71%
The value of the next best alternative that is foregone whenever a choice is made Opportunity Cost
71%
A tax on imports Tariff
71%
Human-made resources used to produce goods and services Capital Resources
57%
An economic system where the government owns the resources but the market drives choices around resource allocation Market Socialism
57%
Resources made by nature Natural Resources
57%
The act of giving something up in order to gain something else Trade Offs
57%
The optimal distribution of goods in an economy that meets the needs and wants of society Allocative Efficiency
43%
Human effort used to produce goods and services Labour Resources
43%
An economic system where the government both owns the resources and makes decisions around resource allocation Planned Socialism
43%
Transitioning a publicly offered good or service to the private sector Privatisation
43%
The concept that resources are limited compared to human needs and wants Relative Scarcity
43%
How quickly resources can be reallocated when needs and wants shift Dynamic Efficiency
29%
Individuals and organisations who make decisions in the market Economic Agents
29%
When a third party is affected by a transaction between two or more parties Externality
29%
An economic system where resources are allocated based on the forces of supply and demand and are privately owned Market Capitalism
29%
An individual's or nation's access to goods and services Material Living Standards
29%
Refers to quality of life factors Non-Material Living Standards
29%
Involves value judgements about what 'should be' in the economy Normative Economics
29%
Deals with objective and positive statements about economic phenomena ('what is') Positive Economics
29%
Maximising output while minimising input resources Productive Efficiency
29%
Something that induces an economic agent, whether a consumer or producer to act Incentive
14%
There is an appropriate allocation of resources between current and future consumption Intertemporal Efficiency
14%
An economic system where resources are privately owned and decisions about resource allocation are made by the government Planned Capitalism
14%
How much output can be produced with a given set of inputs Productivity
14%
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