COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS
Across
- 1. the total market value of all final goods and services produced in a country in a given period of time
- 2. term for the condition where there are not enough resources to produce all the goods and services that people want
- 4. the market structure characterized by a large number of firms producing differentiated products
- 5. term for the cost of giving up the next best alternative when making a decision
- 9. study of how individuals, households, and firms make decisions and interact in markets
- 10. term for the way in which a market system allocates resources and distributes goods and services
- 12. term for the money left over after all expenses have been paid
- 14. French demographer, sociologist, and economist known for coining the term "Third World" to describe developing countries and for his work on regional development
- 15. typE of economic system relies on private ownership of property and the means of production
- 18. a period of declining economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months
- 19. measure of the average level of prices of goods and services in the economy
Down
- 1. total value of goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period
- 2. economic term for the division of labor into specialized tasks
- 3. geopolitical tension and rivalry between the United States and its allies, and the Soviet Union and its allies, from the end of World War II to the early 1990s
- 6. total output of goods and services produced in an economy in a given period of time
- 7. graphical representation illustrates income distribution within a population, showing the cumulative share of income received by the cumulative percentage of recipients
- 8. type of market structure is characterized by a single seller with no close substitutes
- 9. study of the overall aspects and workings of an economy, such as inflation, unemployment, and economic growth
- 11. refers to the coalition of countries, primarily led by the United States and its NATO allies, during the Cold War era
- 13. meaning "all other things being equal," is often used in economics to isolate the effect of a single variable
- 16. an advantage that refers to the condition where a country can produce a good at a lower opportunity cost than another country
- 17. it is the measure of how responsive quantity demanded is to a change in price