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Harmon's Chapter 5: Supply
Vocabulary terms for Chapter 5
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Economics
12th Grade
02/09/2012

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the willingness and ability of producers to produce goods and services at various prices during a given time period
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supply
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tendency of suppliers to offer more of a good at a higher price
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law of supply
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a chart that lists how much of a good a supplier will offer at different prices
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supply schedule
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a graph of the quantity supplied of a good at different prices
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supply curve
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a factor that can change
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variable
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a measure of the way quantity supplied reacts to a change in price
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elasticity of supply
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a cost that does not change, no matter how much of a good is produced
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fixed cost
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a cost that rises or falls depending on how much is produced
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variable cost
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fixed cost plus variable cost
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total cost
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the cost of producing one more unit of a good
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marginal costs
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the additional income from selling one more unit of good
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marginal revenue
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a government payment that supports a business or market
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subsidy
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a tax on the production of sale of a good
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excise tax
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a level of production in which the marginal product of labor increases as the number of workers increases
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increasing marginal returns
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a level of production in which the marginal product of labor decreases as the number of workers increases
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diminishing marginal returns
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