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Unit 5: Factor Markets

AP Microeconomics — Note Packet

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Key Terms

Factor Market (Resource Market)

A market where firms are the of resources (like labor, land, capital), and _________ are the suppliers of these resources.

Derived Demand

The demand for a factor of production (like labor) is from the demand for the _________ and services that the factor helps produce.

Marginal Analysis

The process of making decisions by examining the benefits and costs of unit of an activity or resource.

Marginal Revenue Product (MRP)

The revenue generated by hiring one more unit of a resource. Calculated as _________ x MR (or MP x P for perfectly competitive product markets).

Marginal Product (MP)

The physical output produced by hiring one more unit of a variable resource (e.g., one more worker).

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