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| A group of buyers & sellers of a particular good or service. |
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| A market in which there are many buyers & many sellers so that each has a negligible impact on the market price. |
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| The amount of a good that buyers are willing & able to purchase. |
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| The claim that, other things being equal, the quantity demanded of a good falls when the price of the good rises. |
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| A table that shows the relationship between the price of a good & the quantity demanded. |
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| A graph of the relationship between the price of a good & the quantity demanded. |
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| A good for which, other things being equal, an increase in income leads to an increase in demand. |
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| A good for which, other things being equal, an increase in income leads to a decrease in demand. |
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| Two goods for which an increase in the price of one leads to an increase in demand for the other. |
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| Two goods for which an increase in the price of one leads to a decrease in demand for the other. |
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| The amount of a good that sellers are wiling & able to sell. |
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| The claim that, other things being equal, the quantity supplied of a good rises when the price of the good rises. |
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| A table that shows the relationship between the price of a good & the quantity supplied. |
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| A graph of the relationship between the price of a good & the quantity supplied. |
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| A situation in which the market price has reached the level at which quantity supplied equals quantity demanded. |
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| The price that balances quantity supplied & quantity demanded. |
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| The quantity supplied & the quantity demanded at the equilibrium price. |
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| A situation in which quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded. |
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| A situation in which quantity demanded is greater than the quantity supplied. |
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| The claim that the price of any good adjusts to bring the quantity supplied & the quantity demanded for that good into balance. |
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