Supply, Demand, and Equilibrium

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Horizontal sum
________- individual demand curves of all consumers in a market.
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Government
________ can limit quantity by requiring licenses to produce certain products.
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Competitive market
many buyers and sellers for the same good or service
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Market equilibrium
includes equilibrium price and quantity
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Demand Schedule
table that shows how much of a certain good consumers are willing to buy at different prices
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Demand Curve
graphical representation of a demand schedule
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Law of Demand
the higher price of a good or service leads to less quantity of that good or service, all other things being equal
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Complements in consumption
two goods that are used together
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The rise in the price of one good leads to a decrease in demand for the other good (example
Beef and Potatoes)
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Individual Demand Curve
shows quantity demanded and price for a single customer
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Market Demand Curve
combined quantity demanded of all consumers determined by the market price of a good
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Horizontal sum
individual demand curves of all consumers in a market
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Supply Schedule
table that shows how much of a good or service produced will affect prices
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Examples of input prices for producing donuts
Ingredients, Oven, Labor, Utility, and Rent
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Substitutes in production (Example
Coke and BodyArmor)
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Complements in production (Example
Cow skin and beef)
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Wasted Resources
a form of inefficiency where people expend money, effort, and time to cope with the shortcomings experienced by a price ceiling
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Inefficiently low quality
sellers sell lower quality goods at a lower price
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competitive market
a market in which there are many buyers and many sellers for the same good or service
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demand curve
a graph of the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity demanded
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demand schedule
a table that shows the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity demanded
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quantity demanded
actual amount consumers are willing and able to buy at a certain price
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demand
how much people want at every price point
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law of demand
higher price of a good or service leads to less quantity of that good or service, all other things being equal
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increase in demand
a rightward shift of the demand curve
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decrease in demand
a leftward shift of the demand curve
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TRIBE
acronym for properties that shift the demand curve
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taste
how people feel about a product
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related goods or services
includes substitutes and compliments in consumption
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substitues in consumption
goods that can be used in place of another good to satisfy similar needs or desires; increase in price of this leads to an increase in demand for "THE" product
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compliments in consumption
goods that tend to be consumed together; a rise in price of this product leads to a decrease in demand for "THE" product
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income
includes normal and inferior goods
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normal goods
goods that consumers demand more of when their incomes rise
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inferior goods
a rise in income decreases the demand, mostly due to better, more expensive options
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individual demand curve
illustrates the relationship between quantity demanded and price for an individual consumer
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market demand curve
the demand curve that shows the quantities demanded by everyone who is interested in purchasing the product
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horizontal sum
the individual demand curves of all consumers in that market
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quantity supplied
amount producers are willing to produce and sell
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supply
the amount of goods available
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supply schedule
a table that shows the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity supplied
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law of supply
the price and quantity supplied are directly related
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increase in supply
a downward shift in supply curve
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decrease in supply
an upward shift of the supply curve
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IRENT
factors that shift the supply curve
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input
any good or service that is used to produce another good or service
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related goods or services
includes substitutes and compliments in production
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substitutes in production
alternative products that producers COULD use their resources to make
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compliments in production
goods that must be produced together
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equilibrium
an economic condition where no individual would be better off with any alternative
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equilibrium price
the price that balances quantity supplied and quantity demanded
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equilibrium quantity
the quantity supplied and the quantity demanded at the equilibrium price
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surplus
excess supply
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shortage
excess demand
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increase in demand
equilibrium price and quantity both rise
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increase in supply
the equilibrium price decreases and the equilibrium quantity increases
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decreases, increases
when supply _____ and demand _____, price rises and quantity is ambiguous
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increases, decreases
when supply _____ and demand _____, price falls and quantity is ambiguous
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increases, increases
when supply _____ and demand _____, quantity rises and price is ambiguous
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decreases, decreases
when supply _____ and demand _____, quantity falls and price is ambiguous
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consumer surplus
the amount a buyer is willing to pay for a good minus the amount the buyer actually pays for it
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producer surplus
the amount a seller is paid for a good minus the seller's cost of providing it
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