Supply
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Supply and Demand
Supply and Demand Vocab
Misc.
100

Supply is from the perspective of the ___________

Producer or Supplier

100

Demand is from the perspective of the ____________

Comsumer or buyer

100

Where is the point where the demand curve and supply curve cross?

Equilibrium

100

What is a complement to cereal?

Milk

100

What is the equation to calculate consumer surplus?

The price you are willing to pay - the price

200

This is the main goal of a supplier.

To make money or maximize profits

200

This is the largest factor in determining demand.

Price

200

What do stores do that have excess supply?

Have a sale or discount

200

When prices rise, people feel poorer.  This is termed the ______________ effect.

Income

200

On a supply and demand curve is a price floor above or below equilibrium price?

Above

300

A decrease in the supply curve means the curve moves closer to the __________.

What is y-axis (leftward shift)?

300

The demand curve increases in quantity as price _______


Decreases

300

What are four of the six factors shift demand ?

  1. Income

  2. Market Size

  3. Consumer Tastes

  4. Consumer Expectations

  5. Substitute Goods

  6. Complementary Goods

300

What is the term for a table or graph that shows the relationship between the price of a product and the quantity supplied by producers?

What is the supply curve?

300

On a supply and demand curve, where is a price ceiling in relation to equilibrium price?

below

400

List four of the 6 reasons for a shift in supply

  1. Input Costs

  2. Labor Productivity

  3. Technology

  4. Government Action

  5. Producer Expectations

  6. Number of Producers

400

A product that must be used in conjunction with another product, like mustard on a hot dog.

What is a compliment?

400

What do stores do when they have excess demand?

What is increase the price?

400

What is the term for when consumers will keep buying a product even if the price goes up ?

inelastic

400

Why is gas (think gas station) inelastic?

No substitutes

500

A movement along the curve is referred to as a _______ in _______ supplied.

Change, Quantity

500

Another term for a change in demand is a ________ of the demand curve.

Shift

500

How can equilibrium be achieved if the Gov puts a rent ceiling on housing?   

You can create a black market .

500

How can a producer figure out equilibrium price?

Trial and Error

500

According to Adam Smith, what should determine price?

The Market or invisible hand

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