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Factors of Prod LC
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Land | Anything supplied by nature which helps to create wealth. |
| Labour | Human effort which helps to create wealth. |
| Capital | Anything man-made which helps to create wealth. |
| Enterprise | A person who organises the other factors of production and the bears the risk involved in production. |
| Derived demand | The demand for a factor of production is derived from the demand for the good/services produced by the firm. |
| Specific factors | Factors of production which are specialised and do not have many different uses. |
| Non-specific factors | Factors of production which have many different uses. |
| Supply price | The minimum payment necessary to bring a factor into use and maintain it in that particular use. |
| Transfer earnings | The earnings that the factor would receive in its next most highly paid alternative employment. |
| Economic rent | Any earnings a factor receives above its supply price. |
| Quasi economic rent | Economic rent earned by labour in the short run. |