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The Laws of Supply and Demand

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These are the two chief types of value....   Value in use and Value in exchange  
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this is value directly related to the benefits their owners receive through their use.   Value in use  
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Value in which a particular good is worth in exchange for some other good.   Value in exchange  
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This is the amount of money that a buyer pays the seller for a particular item   Price  
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the amount of money or goods that a good will command in a market   Market price  
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As one's supply of a specific good or service increases, the satisfaction derived from each additional unit tends to decrease. What is this?   Diminishing marginal utility  
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This is the amount of satisfaction that results from a one - unit increase of a product.   Marginal utility  
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This is the total amount of satisfaction a consumer receives from possessing a particular amount of some good. This is the total of all marginal utility   Total Utility  
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This is the relationship between a good's price and the amount that people are willing to buy   Demand  
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Other things remaining equal, as the price of a good increases, the quantity demanded decreases in a free market economy   Law of demand  
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This is when the price of a good falls and consumers tend to buy more of that good or of the other items because they can do so without giving up anything. They have expanded buying power,   Income effect  
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This law explains the inverse relationship between the price of a good and the amount that people choose to buy.   Law of demand  
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This is a principle stating that people tend to substitute less expansive goods for goods whose prices have risen.   Substitution effect  
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This is a list of numbers that compares price with quantity demanded   Demand schedule  
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This is a graphic representation of the amount of goods purchased at different prices   Demand curve  
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These are five key factors that can shift a demand curve   1) Tastes and Preferences 2) Income 3) Population 4) Prices of related goods 5) Consumer Expectations  
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This is a good whose demand is directly related to consumer's incomes like steaks and new cars and airlines   Normal good  
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This is a good whose demand for these items falls as consumers' incomes rice and vice versa.   Inferior good  
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This is a good capable of being used in place of another good; and can be substitutes for one another, price of one good has a direct relationship upon the demand for the other- as the price of one good rises, the demand for its substitute increases   Substitute good  
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This is a good often used in conjunction with another. The price of one affects the demand for the other. The price of one rises and the demand for the other falls   Complement good  
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This is the result of changes in any of the five factors that shift a demand curve, which cause the whole curve to shift to the left or right   Change in demand  
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This refers to the movement from one point to another on a long fixed demand curve. Influenced by price. Only a increase or decrease of price can change this,   Change in Quantity demanded  
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This is the relationship between a good's price and the amount that producer's are willing to supply   Supply  
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This is a law that states other things remaining equal, as the price of a good increases, the quantity supplied also increases in a free market economy   Law of supply  
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This law states that the direct relationship between the price of a good and the amount that suppliers will make available. Its saying that if the price of a good drops, the quantity that is supplied of that good also falls.   Law of supply  
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This is a list of numbers that compares price with quantity supplied   Supply schedule  
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This is a graphic representation of the quantity of goods supplied at different prices.   Supply curve  
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This is the quantity of a good that producers will supply at a given price per unit within a specified amount of time.   Quantity supplied  
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These are factors that can shift a supply curve what are they?   1) Technology 2) Resource Prices 3) Prices of related goods 4) Number of sellers 5) Producer expectations 6) Government taxes, subsidies, Regulations  
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This is money given to businesses by the government to encourage production.   Subsidies  
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This is caused only by a change in price within an existing supply. This moves one point on a supply curve to another point on the same curve.   Change in quantity supplied  
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This is another name for a supplier   Producer  
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This is another name for a demander   Consumer  
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This is the place at which the quantity demanded and quantity supplied are equal   Equilibrium  
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This is a situation in which the quantity demanded exceeds the quantity supplied at a given price   Shortage  
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This is when the quantity supplied of a good is greater than the quantity demanded at a given price   Surplus  
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This is when prices go up and people will buy less   Price elasticity of demand  
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This is the demand for a good whose price has raised really high, but consumers still pay for it for they feel their are no substitutes for it.   Inelastic  
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This is when governments place a limit on how a producer may charge for his product.   Price ceilings  
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This is when the price levels are set above the equilibrium prices.   Price floors  
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The result of this often results in a shortage of goods   Price ceiling  
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The result of this is often a surplus of goods   Price floor  
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True or false demand is mostly elastic   True  
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