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Supply and Demand
Econ Chapter 2 Vocab
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Economics
12th Grade
10/11/2012

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Elasticity of Demand
Definition
A measure of how consumers respond to price change.
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Inelastic
Definition
Describes the demand that isn't very sensitive to price change.
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Elastic
Definition
Describes the demand that is very sensitive to price change.
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Unitary Elastic
Definition
Describes the demand whose elasticity is equal to 1.
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Marginal Product of Labor
Definition
The change in output from adding labor.
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Diminishing marginal returns
Definition
Level of production when labor decreases but number of workers increases.
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Total Cost
Definition
The sum of fixed costs plus variable costs.
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Marginal Cost
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The cost of producing one more unit of a good.
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Demand Curve
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Supply Curve
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Supply & Demand Graph with Price Equilibrium
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Elastic demand with inelastic supply
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Supply and demand surplus
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Supply and demand shortage
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Any shortage or surplus.
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Supply and demand with price disequilibrium
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Shift in supply
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