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a group of buyers and sellers of a particular good or service |
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a market in which there are many buyers and 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 and able to purchase |
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the claim that, other things equal, the quantity demanded of a good falls when teh price of the good rises |
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a table that shows the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity demanded |
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a graph of the relationshp between the price of a godo and teh quantity demanded |
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what can cause a shift in the demand curve? |
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income, prices of related goods, tastes, expectations, numbere of buyers. |
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the amount of a good that sellers are willing and able to sell |
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the claim that, other things 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 and the quantity supplied |
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What can cause a shift in the supply curve? |
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input prices, technology, expectations, number of sellers |
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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 supllied and quantity demanded |
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the quantity supplied and 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 good for which, other things equal, an increase in income leads to an increase in demand |
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a food for, which other things equal, an increase in income leads to a decrease in demand. i.e. bus rides vs. buying a car. bus rides is an inferior good |
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two goods for which an increase in the price of one leads to an incrase in the demand for the other |
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two goods for which an increase in the price of one leads to a decrease in the demand for the other |
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a situation in whcih quantity demanded is greater than quantity supplied |
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the claim that the price of any good adjusts to bring the quantity supplied and the quantity demanded for that good into balance |
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