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Micro Econ 1A
Chapter 4
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Economics
Undergraduate 1
04/22/2009

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Term
Market
Definition
A group of buyers or sellers of a particular good or service
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Competitive Market
Definition
A market in which there are many buyers and many sellers so that each has a negotiable impact on the market price
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Quantity Demanded
Definition
The amount of a good that buyers are willing and able to purchase
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Law of Demand
Definition
The claim that the quantity demanded of a good falls when the price of the good rises
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Demand Schedule
Definition
a table that shows the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity demanded
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Demand Curve
Definition
A graph of relationship between the price of a good and the quantity demanded
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Normal Good
Definition
A good for which an increase to income leads to a Increase in demand
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Inferior Good
Definition
A good in which decrease in demand happens when income increases
Term
Substitutes
Definition
Two goods in for which the increase in the price of one leads to a increase in the demand for another
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Complements
Definition
Two goods for which the increase in the price of one leads to a decrease in a demand for the other
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Quantity Supplied
Definition
The amount of a good in which buyers are willing and able to sell
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Law of Supply
Definition
The claim that the quantity supplied of a good rises when the price of the good rises
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Supply Schedule
Definition
A table that shows the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity supplied
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Supply Curve
Definition
A graph of the relationship between the price of a good and the Quantity supplied
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Equilibrium
Definition
A situation in which the market price has reached a level at which quantity supplied equals quantity demanded
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Equilibrium Price
Definition
the price the balances quantity supplied and quantity demanded
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Equilibrium Quantity
Definition
The Q supplied and the Q demanded at the equilibrium price
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Surplus
Definition
situation in which Q supplied is greater than Quantity demanded
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Shortage
Definition
situation in which Q supplied is smaller than Q demanded
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Law of Supply and Demand
Definition
The claim that the price of any good adjusts to bring the quantity supplied and the quantity demanded for that good into balence
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Perfect competition must have two things:
Definition
1)Goods offered are exactly the same
2)Buyers and sellers so numerous, that no single one has power over market
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Price Takers
Definition
When buyers and sellers must accept the price the market determines
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Monopoly
Definition
When a market has one main seller who sets the price
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