Economics A-Level
Marginal utility
What Marginal utility means in Economics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Marginal utility
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The extra satisfaction gained from consuming one additional unit of a good.
Topics that use Marginal utility
- Consumer behaviour (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Decision making
- Economic incentives
- Hypothesis of diminishing marginal utility
- Rational decision making
- Rationality
- Utility maximisation
- Law of diminishing marginal utility
- Total utility
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