Across
- 2. a license that gives the inventor of a new product the exclusive right to sell it for a certain period of time
- 4. situation in which quantity demanded is greater than quantity supplied
- 6. a market that runs most effciently when one large firm supplies all of the output
- 10. a governmental issued right to operate a business
- 11. a price ceiling placed on rent
- 15. a market structure that does not meet the conditions of perfect competition
- 16. describes any price or quantity not at equilibrium
- 19. factors that cause a producers average cost per unit to fall as output rises
- 22. a market dominated by a single seller
- 23. the financial and opportinty costs consumers pay when searching for a good or service
- 24. when quantity demanded is more than quantity supplied
- 25. situation in which quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded
Down
- 1. a minimum price that an employer can pay a worker for an hour of labor
- 3. a minimum price for a good or service
- 5. a system of allocating scarce goods and services using criteria other than price
- 7. a market structure in which a large number of firms all produce the same product
- 8. the expenses a firm must pay before it can begin to produce and sell goods
- 9. a maximum price that can be legally charged for a good or service
- 12. a product that is the same no matter who produces it
- 13. the point at which quantity demanded and quantity supplied are equal
- 14. any factor that makes it difficult for a new firm to enter a market
- 17. costs of production that affect people who have no control over how much of a good is produced
- 18. a market in which goods are sold illegally
- 20. when quantity supplied is more than quantity demanded
- 21. a sudden shortage of a good
