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Ch. 3-Demand & Supply
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Economics
Undergraduate 1
03/13/2015

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Term
Markets
Definition
The institutions that bring together buyers and sellers.
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Quantity Demanded
Definition
The quantity buyers are willing and able to buy at a particular price during a particular period, all other things unchanged.
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Demand Schedule
Definition
A table that shows the quantities of a good or service demanded at different prices during a particular period, all other things unchanged.
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Demand Curve
Definition
A graphical representation of a demand schedule.
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Change in Quantity Demanded
Definition
A movement along a demand curve that results from a change in price.
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Law of Demand
Definition
For virtually all goods and services, a higher price leads to a reduction in quantity demanded and a lower price leads to an increase in quantity demanded.
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Change in Demand
Definition
A shift in a demand curve.
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Demand Shifter
Definition
A variable that can change the quantity of a good or service demanded at each price.
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Complements
Definition
Two goods for which an increase in price of one reduces demand for another.
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Substitutes
Definition
Two goods for which an increase in price of one increases demand for another.
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Normal Good
Definition
A good for which demand increases when income increases.
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Inferior Good
Definition
A good for which demand decreases when income increases.
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Quantity Supplied
Definition
The quantity sellers are willing to sell at a particular price during a particular period, all other things unchanged.
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Supply Schedule
Definition
A table that shows quantities supplied at different prices during a particular period, all other things unchanged.
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Supply Curve
Definition
A graphical representation of a supply schedule.
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Change in Quantity Supplied
Definition
Movement along the supply curve caused by a change in price.
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Change in Supply
Definition
A shift in the supply curve.
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Supply Shifter
Definition
A variable that can change the quantity of a good or service supplied at each price.
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Model of Demand & Supply
Definition
Model that uses demand and supply curves to explain the determination of price and quantity in a market.
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Equilibrium Price
Definition
The price at which quantity demanded equals quantity supplied.
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Equilibrium Quantity
Definition
the quantity demanded and supplied at the equilibrium price.
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Surplus
Definition
The amount by which the quantity supplied exceeds the quantity demanded at the current price.
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Shortage
Definition
The amount by which the quantity demanded exceeds the quantity supplied at the current price.
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Circular Flow Model
Definition
Model that provides a look at how markets work and how they are related to each other.
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Product Markets
Definition
Markets in which firms supply goods & services demanded by households.
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Factor Markets
Definition
Markets in which households supply factors of production—labor, capital, and natural resources—demanded by firms.
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