Economics

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Level Secondary School
Created / Updated 28.08.2015 / 23.11.2016
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Income effect

It's the change in the amount that consumers will buy because the purchasing power of their income changes.

Substitution effect

It's a change in the amount that consumers will buy because they buy substitute goods instead.

Change in quantity demanded

An increase or decrease in the amount demanded because of change in price.

Change in demand

It occurs when something prompts consumers to buy different amounts at every price.

Normal goods

Goods that consumers demand more of when their incomes rise.

Inferior Effect

Goods that consumers demand less of when their incomes rise.

Substitutes

Goods and services that can be used in place of each other.

Elasticity of demand

A measure of how responsive consumers are to price changes.

Elastic

A demand is elastic if quantity demanded changes significantly as price changes.

Inelastic

Demand is inelastic if quantity demanded changes little as price changes.

Unit elastic

Demand is unit elastic when the percentage change in price and quantity demanded are the same.

Total revenue

A company's income from selling it's products.

Total revenue test

A method of measuring elasticity by comparing total revenues.

Supply

The desire and ability to produce and sell a product.

Law of Supply

It states that when prices decrease, quantity supplied decreases, and when prices increase, quantity supplied increases.

Supply schedule

It lists how much of a good or service an individual producer is willing and able to offer for sale at each price.

Market supply schedule

It lists how much of a good or service all producers in a market are willing and able to offer for sale at each price.

Supply curve

It shows the data from a supply schedule in graph form.

Market supply curve

It shows the data from a market supply schedule in graph form.

Marginal product

The change in total output brought about by adding more worker.

Specialization

It's having a worker focus on a particular aspect of product.

Increasing returns

They occur when hiring new workers causes marginal product to increase.

Diminishing returns

They occur when hiring new workers causes marginal product to decrease.