Key Words ECONOMÍA
Key Words ECONOMÍA
Key Words ECONOMÍA
demand.
Inferior good A good for which, with for which an increase in the price of one
Supply curve A graph showing the its scarce resources. The property that
relationship
of a resource allocation to maximize the total
shows the relationship between the price of a surplus
good
maximize the total surplus received
a good and the quantity offered.
by all members of society.
Aggregate supply curve A curve that
Elasticity A measure of the responsiveness
shows the quantity of goods and services
responsiveness of the quantity
that firms choose to produce and sell at each
price level. quantity demanded or quantity supplied
price level calculated as the ratio of nominal Equity A characteristic that distributes
ratio of nominal GDP to real GDP multiplied economic wealth equally among the members
by 100. of society.
Economics The study of how society Equilibrium Situation in which the price
manages its scarce resources. price has reached the level at which
demanded.
Shortage Situation in which the quantity (CPI) A measure of the total cost of goods
demanded is greater than the quantity and
demanded.
goods and services purchased by a typical
quantity demanded is greater than the consumer.
quantity
typical consumer.
supply. The limited nature of society's
resources. Producer Price Index A measure of the
A graph showing the Law of demand All else being equal, the
quantity
combinations of production that an economy
can have, given remains constant, the quantity
economy can have, given the factors of quantity demanded of a good decreases
production
when the price of a good increases.
factors of production and the technology
Law of supply With everything else
available to it.
constant, the quantity supplied of a good
Incentive That which induces people to act. increases when the price of a good increases
when the price of a good increases.
people to act.
good increases when the price of the good
Poverty rate Percentage of the increases.