Key Terms

Match each of the terms on the left with its definition on the right. Click on the term first and then click on the matching definition. As you match them correctly they will move to the bottom of the activity.

Question

general equilibrium analysis
partial equilibrium analysis
social welfare function
utilitarian social welfare function
Rawlsian social welfare function
egalitarian
Pareto efficiency
exchange efficiency
exchange efficiency
input efficiency
output efficiency
Edgeworth box
consumption contract curve
production contract curve
production possibilities frontier (PPF)
marginal rate of transformation (MRT)
First Welfare Theorem
Second Welfare Theorem
lump-sum transfer
Curve that shows all Pareto-efficient allocations of inputs across producers.
An economic allocation of goods in which the goods cannot be reallocated without making at least one individual worse off.
Graph of an economy with two economic actors and two goods that is used to analyze market efficiency.
Curve that connects all possible efficient output combinations of two goods.
Determination of the equilibrium in a particular market that assumes there are no cross-market spillovers.
Curve that shows all possible Pareto-efficient allocations of goods across consumers.
A Pareto-efficient allocation of a set of goods across consumers.
Belief that the ideal society is one in which each individual is equally well off.
A Pareto-efficient allocation of inputs across producers.
A Pareto-efficient allocation of a set of goods across consumers.
Theorem stating that perfectly competitive markets in general equilibrium distribute resources in a Pareto-efficient way.
Transfer to or from an individual for which the size is unaffected by the individual’s choices.
Mathematical function that combines individuals’ utility levels into a single measure of economic performance.
Mathematical function that computes society’s welfare as the sum of every individual’s welfare.
A mix of outputs that simultaneously supports exchange and input efficiency.
The tradeoff between the production of any goods on the market.
The study of market behavior that accounts for cross-market influences and is concerned with conditions present when all markets are simultaneously in equilibrium.
Mathematical function that computes society’s welfare as the welfare of the worst-off individual.
Theorem stating that any given Pareto-efficient allocation in a perfectly competitive market is a general equilibrium outcome for some initial allocation.