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elasticity of supply
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a measure of the way quantity supplied reacts to a change in price
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marginal cost
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the cost of producing one more unit of a good
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complements
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two goods that are bought and used together
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circular flow model
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a simplified representation of how the economy's transactions work together
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demand
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the desire to own something and the ability to pay for it
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demand curve
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a graphic representation of a demand schedule
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demand schedule
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a table that lists the quantity of a good a person will buy at each different price
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Law of Supply
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producers offer more of a good as its price increases and less as its price falls
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market demand curve
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the horizontal sum of all individual demand curves
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Law of Demand
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consumers buy more of a good when its price decreases and less when its price increases
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Inelastic
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describes demand that is not very sensitive to price changes
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total revenue
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Price x Quantity
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elasticity of demand
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a measure of how consumers react to a change in price
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income effect
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the change in consumption resulting from a change in real income
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total product
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total output produced by the firm