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Chapter 6 (Prices)
Economics Honors
Question | Answer |
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Shortage | when quantity demanded as more than quantity supply |
Surplus | quanitity supply is more than quanitity demand |
Price ceiling | a maxiumum price that can legally be changed for a good/service |
Rent ceiling | price ceiling place on apartment rent |
Price Floor | a maximum price for a good/service |
Minimum Wage | minimum price that can pay a worker for one hour of labor |
Inventory | the quantity of goods that a firm has on hand |
Fad | a product that is popular for a short period of time |
Search Costs | fianancial/opportunity cost that comsumers pay when seraching for a good/service |
Supply Stock | a sudden shortage of a good |
Rationing | a system of allocating scarce goods/services using criteria other than price |
Black Market | a market in which goods are sold illegally. without regard for government contorls on price or quantity |
Equilibrium | the point at which the demand for a product/service is equal to the supply of that product/service |
Disequilibrium | any price/quantity not at equilibrium; when quantity supplied is not equal to quantity demanded in a market |