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Chapter 3
Chapter 3 Macro Economics Terms
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Economics
Undergraduate 1
09/26/2009

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Factor Market
Definition

Any place where factors of production (land, labor, capital) are bought and sold

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Production Market
Definition

Any place where finished goods and services (products) are bought and sold

 

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Supply
Definition

The ability and willingness to sell (produce) specific quantities of a good at alternative prices in a given time period

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Demand
Definition

The ability and willingness to buy specific quantities of a good at alternative prices in a given time period 

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Demand Curve
Definition

A curve describing the quantities of a good consumer is willing and able to buy at alternative prices in a given time period

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Law of Demand

Definition

The quantity of a good demanded in a given time period increases as its price falls

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Substitute Good
Definition

Goods that substitute for each other; when the price of good x rises, the demand for good y increases

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Complementary Goods
Definition

Goods frequently consumed in combination; when the price of good x rises, the demand for good y falls

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Shift in Demand
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A change in the quantity demanded at any given price 

 

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Market Demand
Definition

The total quantities of a good or service people are willing and able to buy at alternative prices in a given time period; the sum of individual demands

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Market Supply
Definition

The total quantities of a good that sellers are willing and able to to sell at alternative prices in a given time period

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Law of Supply
Definition

The quantity of a good supplied in a given time period increases as its price increases

 

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Equilibrium Price
Definition

The price at which the quantity of a good demanded in a given time period equals the quantity supplied

 

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Market Mechanism
Definition

The use of market prices and sales to signal desired outputs (or resources allocations) 

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Price Floor
Definition

Lower limit set for the price of a good

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Price Ceiling
Definition

Upper limit set for the price of a good

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Market Surplus
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The amount by which the quantity supplied exceeds the quantity demanded at a given price – excess supply

 

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Market Shortage
Definition

The amount by which the quantity demanded exceeds the quantity supplied at a given price; excess demand

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