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Ch 4 and 5 Vocablury
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Word | Definition |
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Law of Demand | consumers buy more of a goood when its prices decreases |
demand curve | graphical representation of a demand schedule |
substitute | goods used in place of one another |
normal good | a good that consumers demand more of when their income increases |
complement | two goods that are bought and used together |
total revenue | amount of money the company receives by selling its goods |
susbstitution effect | occurs when consumers react to an increase in a good's price by consuming less of that good and more of other goods |
luxury good | might not be bought when prices rise |
elasticity of demand | determines how a change in price affects a firm's total revenue/income |
law of supply | the higher the price, the larger the quantity produced |
elasticity of supply | measure of the way suppliers respond to a change in price |
supply schedule | shows the relationship between price and quantity supplied for a specific good |
subsidy | free money from the government |
diminshing marginal returns | occurs when marginal production levels decrease with nw investment |
marginal cost | cost of producing one more unit of a good |
market demand schedule | table that lists the quantity of a good all consumers in a market will buy at each different price |
market supply schedule | shows the relationship between price and quantity supplied for a specific good |
marginal revenue | additional income from selling one more unit of a good; sometimes equal to price |
inferior goods | an increase in income causes demand for these goods to fall; goods you would buy in smaller quantities |
marginal product of labor | the change in output from hiring one additional unit of labor |
fixed cost | a cost that does not change, no matter how much of a good is produced. |
ceteris paribus | "all other things held constant" |