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Chapter Four: Supply & Prices
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Economics
12th Grade
06/03/2014

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Supply
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The amount of goods & services business firms are willing & able to provide at different prices.
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Law of Supply
Definition
A law stating that the higher the price buyers are willing to pay, other things being held constant, the greater the quantity of the product a supplier will produce & vice versa.
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Supply Schedule
Definition
A tabular model noting the qualities of an item that suppliers are willing to produce at various prices.
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Supply Curve
Definition
A graph illustrating the quantities of an item that suppliers are willing to produce at various prices.
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Change in Quantity Supplied
Definition
A situation in which the change in the price of an item causes a change in the number applied.
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Change in Supply
Definition
The shifting of a supply curve that occurs when suppliers are willing to produce more or less of an item regardless of price.
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Decrease in Supply
Definition
A leftward shift in the demand curve representing a decrease in the quantity suppliers are willing to produce at any price.
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Increase in Supply
Definition
A rightward shift in the demand curve representing a willingness on the part of business firms to produce more of an item at any given price.
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Market Equilibrium Point
Definition
The point at which the demand curve & the supply curve for an item intersect.
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Market Equilibrium Price
Definition
The price corresponding to the intersection of an item's supply or demand curves; the price at which consumers are willing to buy the same quantity that suppliers are willing to produce.
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Surplus
Definition
An excess of unsold products resulting from a price above the market equilibrium price.
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Price Floor
Definition
A barrier preventing the price of an item from falling lower than a certain price.
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Shortage
Definition
An insufficient supply of an item as a result of a price below the market equilibrium price.
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Price Ceilings
Definition
Barriers preventing the price of an item from rising above a certain price.
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