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Chapter 3

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show The amount of a good or service that a consumer is willing and able to buy at various possible prices during a given time period  
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show The principle that, all other factors being equal, consumers will purchase(demand) more of a good at lower prices and less of a good at higher prices  
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Purchasing Power   show
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Income Effect   show
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show Consumers' tendency to substitute a lower-priced good for a similar, higher-priced one  
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show The natural decreases in the utility of a good or service asd more units of it are consumed  
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show A table that shows the level of demand for a particular item at various prices  
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law of supply   show
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profit motive   show
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show the total of materials, labor, and other inputs required in the manufacture of a product  
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supply curve   show
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determinant of supply   show
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show a required payment to a local, state, or national government usually made on some regular basis  
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show the principle that as more of an input (such as labor) is added to a fixed supply of other resources (such as capital), productivity will increase up to a point, after which the marginal product will diminish  
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overhead   show
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show a cost of doing business that changes directly with a change in the level of output, typically rising and dropping as production increases and decreases  
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show the cost of producing one additional unit of output  
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Demand Curve   show
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Determinants of Demand   show
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Substitute Goods   show
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show A good that is commonly used in another good and for which demand increases(or decreases) when the demand for the related good increases(or decreases)  
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show The degree to which changes in the price of a good or service affect quantity demanded  
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market failure   show
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show an effect that an economic activity has on people and businesses that are neither producers nor consumers of the good or service being produced. An externality may be either positive (beneficial) or negative (harmful).  
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show any good or service that is consumed by all members of a group, regardless of who has paid for it  
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market equilibrium   show
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surplus   show
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shortage   show
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show a government regulation that sets a maximum price for a particular good  
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price floor   show
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show the lowest hourly wage rate that an employer can legally pay a worker, as established by federal law  
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show a system by which a government or other institution decides how to distribute a good or service; rationing is usually the result of limited supply  
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