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CHAP 3 ECON 2020
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Economics
Undergraduate 2
05/04/2009

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Term
Demand Schedule
Definition
A table showing the relationship between the price of a product and the quantity of the product demanded.
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Quantity Demanded
Definition
The amount of a good or service that a consumer is willing and able to purchase at a given price.
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Demand Curve
Definition
A curve that shows the relationship between the price of a product and the quantity of the product demanded.
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Market Demand
Definition
The demand by all the consumers of a given good or service.
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Law of Demand
Definition
When the price of a good increases, demand decreases, and visa verse, ceteris paribus.
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Substitution Effect
Definition
The change in the quantity demanded of a good that results from a change in price, making the good more or less expensive relative to other goods that are substitutes.
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Income Effect
Definition
The change in the quantity demanded of a good that results from the effect of a change in the good's price on consumers' purchasing power.
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Ceteris Paribus
Definition
All else equal
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Income
Definition
The amount of income affects the ability and willingness to buy a good.
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Normal Good
Definition
As income increases, demand increases, and visa verse, ceteris paribus.
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Inferior Good
Definition
Demand increases as income decreases, and visa verse, ceteris paribus.
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Substitutes
Definition
Goods and services that can be used for the same purpose.
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Complements
Definition
Products that are used together.
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Demographics
Definition
The characteristics of a population with respect to age, race, and gender.
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Quantity Supplied
Definition
The amount of a good or service that a firm is willing and able to supply at a given price.
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Supply Schedule
Definition
A table that shows the relationship between the price of a product and the quantity of the product supplied.
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Supply Curve
Definition
A curve that shows the relationship between the price of a product and the quantity of the product supplied.
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Law of Supply
Definition
An increase in price causes an increase in the quantity supplied, and visa verse, ceteris paribus.
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Technological Change
Definition
A positive or negative change in the ability of a firm to produce a given level of output with a given quantity of inputs.
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Input
Definition
Anything used in the production of a good or service.
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Market Equilibrium
Definition
A situation in which quantity demanded equals quantity supplied.
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Competitive Market Equilibrium
Definition
A market equilibrium with many buyers and many sellers.
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Surplus
Definition
A situation in which the quantity supplied is greater than the quantity demanded.
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Shortage
Definition
A situation in which the quantity demanded is greater than the quantity supplied.
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