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Intro to Market Vocabulary
Supply, Demand, and Marginal Analysis
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Economics
12th Grade
04/13/2015

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Term
Law of Supply
Definition
as price increases quantity supplied increases
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Law of Demand
Definition
as price increases quantity demanded decreases
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Marginal Analysis
Definition
analyzing decisions by thinking in terms of the cost/benefit consideration of 1 additional unit
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Elastic supply/demand
Definition
if the supply/demand is very likely to change in light of price fluxuations
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Inelastic supply/demand
Definition
if the supply/demand is unlikely to change much in light of price fluxuations
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Fixed Cost
Definition
a cost associated with production that is fixed regardless of how much of an item is produced
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Variable Cost
Definition
a cost associated with production that changes in conjunction with how much of an item is produced
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Marginal Cost
Definition
the total cost associated with producing one more of an item
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Marginal Revenue
Definition
the total revenue increase associated with producing one more of an item (it's market price)
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Shifts in Supply
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Shifts in Demand
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