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econ test
| supply | the quantity of goods or services that producers are willing and able to offer at various possible prices during a given time period |
| quantity supplied | the quantity of goods or services that producers are willing and able to offer at each particular price during a given time period |
| law of supply | the higher the price of a good or service the more will be offered for sale. the lower the prices the less will be offered for sale |
| equilibrium | when the amount buyers are willing to purchase equals the amount the sellers are willing to supply |
| supply schedule | table and/or model that records the number of goods or services supplied at particular prices |
| supply curve | the line connecting the price and quantity supplied |
| prices of resources | change in factors of production. If price of resources decreases production cost decreases, more products supplied. |
| Gov't tools | taxes-payment of money to gov't (increases) subsidies- payment to private businesses by gov't (reduce) regulations- rules how companies conduct themselves |
| technology | new tools, processes |
| competition | tends to increase supply |
| price of related goods | if price should change of one good will effect supply of its related goods |
| producers expectations | what they expect to their income to be in the future |
| productivity | amount of goods and services produced per unit of input |
| total product | all of the product a company makes in a given period with a given amount of input |
| marginal product | change in output generated by adding one more unit of input |
| law diminishing return | as more of one input is added to a fixed supply of other resources, productivity increases up to a point then marginal product will diminish |
| cost of production | manufactures must look at their cost of production when deciding how much to supply to the market |
| fixed costs | production costs dont change |
| variable costs | change as the level of output changes |
| total costs | sum of fixed and variable prices |
| marginal costs | additional costs of producing one more unit of output |
| profit | amount of money remaining after producers have paid all their costs |
| elasticity of supply | degree to which price changes affect the supply |
| elastic supply | exists when a small change in price causes a major change in the q supplied |
| inelastic supply | when a change in a goods price has little impact on the quantity supplied |