Economics: Law of Supply

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What is the result of a minimum price fixed above the equilibrium price in an agricultural market?

Surplus in the market

In a free-market economy, what is one of the advantages?

Incentives to be efficient

What is one of the problems of a free-market economy?

Increased inequality

What is a type of intervention in a mixed economy?

<p>Use of taxes, subsidies and benefits</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the economy that combines elements of free-market and government intervention?

<p>Mixed economy</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of a price ceiling?

<p>To limit the price a seller can charge for a good</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens to the demand curve when there is an increase in consumer income if the good is normal?

<p>It shifts to the right</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the effect of a minimum wage on the labor market?

<p>It decreases the quantity supplied of labor</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of a market equilibrium?

<p>The quantity demanded equals the quantity supplied</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the difference between a movement along a supply curve and a shift of the supply curve?

<p>A movement along the supply curve is a change in quantity supplied, while a shift of the supply curve is a change in price</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of a price floor?

<p>To limit the price a buyer can pay for a good</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens to the quantity supplied when the price of a good increases, according to the law of supply?

<p>It increases</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the study of the change in competitive equilibrium when one of the variables affecting demand or supply changes?

<p>Comparative statics</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of an increase in supply?

<p>An increase in quantity supplied at each price</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the point at which the quantity supplied equals the quantity demanded?

<p>Market equilibrium</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the price mechanism in a free market?

<p>To act as a signal and incentive, and as a rationing device</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens to the price in a free market when there is a surplus?

<p>It falls</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a situation in which the quantity supplied is greater than the quantity demanded?

<p>Excess supply</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens to the price in a free market when there is a shortage?

<p>It rises</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the graph that shows the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity supplied?

<p>Supply curve</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a change in the quantity supplied in response to a change in price?

<p>Movement along the supply curve</p> Signup and view all the answers

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