Opportunity Cost, Production Possibilities, Demand and Supply

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Table of Contents

Production is the process by which resources are converted into final goods and services.

Production Possibilities: A Simple 2-Good Economy

Production Possibilities Frontier (PPF)

The PPF Illustrates the Notion of Opportunity Cost

Law of Increasing Opportunity Cost

Technological Change and the PPF

Growth of Resources and the PPF

The Price System

Demand The Quantity Demanded can be represented by

What Determines Demand?

Change in Quantity Demanded vs. Change in Demand

Supply The quantity supplied can be represented in 3 ways

What Determines Supply?

Change in Quantity Supplied Vs. Change in Supply

Market Equilibrium

Author: John Duffy

Email: jduffy@pitt.edu

Home Page: http://www.pitt.edu/~jduffy/econ110/