supply

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refers to the willingness and ability of producers to offer goods and services for sale

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Supply

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Anyone who provides goods or services is a

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producer

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The two keywords in the definition of supply are

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willingness and ability

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As is true with demand_______ is a major factor that influences supply

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price

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states that when prices decrease, quantity supplied decreases, and when prices increases, quantity supplied increases

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law of supply

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s a table that shows how much of a good or service an individual producer is willing and able to offer for sale at each price in a market

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supply schedule

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is a table that shows how much of a good or service all producers in a market are willing and able to offer for sale at each price

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A market supply schedule

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column of the table lists various prices of a good or service

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left-hand

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column shows the quantity supplied at each price

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right hand

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is a graph that shows how much of a good or service an individual producer is willing and able to offer for sale at each price

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supply curve

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shows the data from the market supply schedule

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market supply curve

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The change in total product that results from hiring one more worker is called the

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marginal product

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Having each worker focus on a particular facet of production is called

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specialization

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shows the relationship between labor and marginal product

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marginal product schedule

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occur when hirring new workers cause marginal product to increases

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Increasing returns

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occur when hiring new workers causes marginal product to decrease

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Diminishing returns

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happens when marginal product becomes negative and total output decreases

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Negative returns

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are expenses that the owners of a business must incur whether they produce nothing, little or a lot
Mortgage, insurance, taxes, interest charges on bond, and depreciation

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Fixed costs

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are business costs that vary as the level of production output changes
Shipping, hourly wages, electricity to power machines, raw materials

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Variable costs

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Businesses find the total cost of production by

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adding fixed and variable costs together

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the extra cost of producing one more unit

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Marginal cost

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Marginal cost is determined by

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dividing change in total costs by change in total product

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is the added revenue per unit of output, or the money made from each additional unit sold

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Marginal revenue

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is the income a business recieves from selling a poduct

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Total revenue

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is an increase or decrease in the amount of a good or service that it producers are willing to sell because of a change in price

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Change in quantity supplied

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A movement to the _____indicates an increase in both price and quantity supplied

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Right

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A movement to the_____shows a decrease in both price and quantity supplied

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Left

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occurs when something prompts producers to offer different amounts for sale at every price

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Change in supply

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Six factors cause a change in supply:

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Input costs, labor productivity, technology, government actions, producer expectations, and number of producers

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s the amount of a goods or services that a person can produce in a given time

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Labor productivity

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involves the application of scientific methods and discoveries to the production process, resulting in new products or new manufacturing techniques

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Technology

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is a tax on the production or sale of a specific good or service

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excise tax

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is a government payment that partially covers the costs of an economic activity
Most forms of energy production in the US recieve some form of subsidy

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A subsidy

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he act of controlling business behavior through a set of rules or laws , can affect supply

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Government regulation

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has a major impact on supply, as producers enter and leave the market constantly

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Competition

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measure of how responsive producers are to price changes

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Elasticity of supply