Economics #2
Across
- 4. An economic measure of output per unit of input. Inputs include labor and capital, while output is typically measured in revenues and other GDP components such as business inventories.
- 6. situation where a change in one factor causes an equal or proportional change in another factor
- 7. is a fundamental principle of economic theory which states that, all else equal, an increase in price results in an increase in quantity supplied
- 8. households- people living under one roof are considered a
- 11. a good with a negative cross elasticity of demand, in contrast to a substitute good. This means a good's demand is increased when the price of another good is decreased.
- 13. If the price increase had no impact whatsoever on the quantity demanded, the medication would be considered perfectly
- 14. The branch of economics that analyzes the market behavior of individual consumers and firms in an attempt to understand the decision-making process of firms and households.
- 16. A marketplace where factors of production such as labor, capital, and resources are purchased and sold
- 19. is a measure used in economics to show the responsiveness, or elasticity, of the quantity demanded of a good or service to a change in its price, ceteris paribus.
- 22. An asset or item that is purchased with the hope that it will generate income or appreciate in the future
- 23. refers the degree to which individuals (consumers/producers) change their demand/amount supplied in response to price or income changes
- 24. market- where goods and services produced by businesses are sold to households
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- 1. A microeconomic law that states, all other factors being equal, as the price of a good or service increases, consumer demand for the good or service will decrease, and vice versa.
- 2. interdependence- is a consequence of specialization, or the division of labor, and is almost universal
- 3. A model of an economy showing the interactions between households and business firms as they exchange goods and services and resources in markets.
- 5. clearing - is the price of a good or service at which quantity supplied is equal to quantity demanded
- 9. An intermediary instrument used to facilitate the sale, purchase or trade of goods between parties
- 10. classification of its economic policy aims
- 12. used to describe many excess assets including income, profits, capital and goods
- 15. when the price of an item is set below the equilibrium rate determined by supply and demand,
- 17. deals with organization, management, expansion and strategy.
- 18. quantity of goods or services produced in a given time period, by a firm, industry, or country," whether consumed or used for further production
- 19. is the quantity of payment or compensation given by one party to another in return for goods or services.
- 20. - are two goods that could be used for the same purpose
- 21. are what is used in the production process in order to produce output—that is, finished goods