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AP Microeconomics
Content Area (Multiple-Choice Section)
I . Basic Economic Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8–14%)
A . Scarcity, choice, and opportunity cost
B . Production possibilities curve
C . Comparative advantage, absolute advantage, specialization, and trade
D . Economic systems
E . Property rights and the role of incentives
F . Marginal analysis
II . The Nature and Functions of Product Markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(55–70%)
A . Supply and demand (15–20%)
1 . Market equilibrium
2 . Determinants of supply and demand
3 . Price and quantity controls
4 . Elasticity
a . Price, income, and cross-price elasticities of demand
b . Price elasticity of supply
5 . Consumer surplus, producer surplus, and allocative efficiency
6 . Tax incidence and deadweight loss
B . Theory of consumer choice (5–10%)
1 . Total utility and marginal utility
2 . Utility maximization: equalizing marginal utility per dollar
3 . Individual and market demand curves
4 . Income and substitution effects
C . Production and costs (10–15%)
1 . Production functions: short and long run
2 . Marginal product and diminishing returns
3 . Short-run costs
4 . Long-run costs and economies of scale
5 . Cost minimizing input combination and productive efficiency
D . Firm behavior and market structure (25–35%)
1 . Profit
a . Accounting versus economic profits
b . Normal profit
c . Profit maximization: MR=MC rule
2 . Perfect competition
a . Profit maximization
b . Short-run supply and shutdown decision
c . Behavior of firms and markets in the short run and in the long run
d . Efficiency and perfect competition
3 . Monopoly
a . Sources of market power
b . Profit maximization
c . Inefficiency of monopoly
d . Price discrimination
e . Natural monopoly
4 . Oligopoly
a . Interdependence, collusion, and cartels
b . Game theory and strategic behavior
c . Dominant strategy
d . Nash equilibrium
5 . Monopolistic competition
a . Product differentiation and role of advertising
b . Profit maximization
c . Short-run and long-run equilibrium
d . Excess capacity and inefficiency
III . Factor Markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (10–18%)
A . Derived factor demand
B . Marginal revenue product
C . Hiring decisions in the markets for labor and capital
D . Market distribution of income
IV . Market Failure and the Role of Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . (12–18%)
A . Externalities
1 . Marginal social benefit and marginal social cost
2 . Positive externalities
3 . Negative externalities
4 . Remedies
B . Public goods
1 . Public versus private goods
2 . Provision of public goods
C . Public policy to promote competition
1 . Antitrust policy
2 . Regulation
D . Income distribution
1 . Equity
2 . Sources and measures of income inequality
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