Econ Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 1. a sudden shortage of a good, such as gas or wheat
- 4. occurs when quantity demanded is more than quantity supplied.
- 8. a minimum price that an employer can pay a worker for an hour of labor
- 10. the right to sell a good or service within an exclusive market
- 11. a government issued right to operate a business
- 12. a license that gives the inventor of a new product the exclusive right to sell it for a certain period of time
- 13. the point at which quantity demanded and quantity supplied are equal
- 15. the expenses that a new business must pay before the first product reaches the customer
- 16. dividing up goods and service using criteria other than price
- 19. a minimum price for a good or service
Down
- 2. a product that is the same no matter who produces it
- 3. the financial and opportunity costs consumers pay in searching for a good or service
- 5. barriers to entry can lead to _____
- 6. a market structure in which a large number of firms all produce the same product.
- 7. factors that make it difficult for new firms to enter a market.
- 9. forms when barriers prevent firms from entering a market that has a single supplier
- 13. occurs when quantity supplied exceeds quantity demanded
- 14. occurs when quantity supplied is not equal to quantity demanded in a market.
- 17. a maximum price that can be legally charged for a good
- 18. a monopoly created by the government