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ECON CH 5 VOCAB

Matching
 
 
Identifying Key Terms
Match each term with the correct statement below.
a.
subsidy
h.
increasing marginal returns
b.
supply schedule
i.
diminishing marginal returns
c.
supply curve
j.
marginal revenue
d.
elasticity of supply
k.
marginal product of labor
e.
excise tax
l.
marginal cost
f.
law of supply
m.
market supply schedule
g.
variable cost
 

 1. 

the tendency of suppliers to offer more of a good at a higher price
 

 2. 

a payment to the government on the production or sale of a good
 

 3. 

a measure of the way a quantity supplied reacts to a change in price
 

 4. 

a chart that lists how much of a good a supplier will offer at various prices
 

 5. 

a government payment that supports a business or market
 

 6. 

a level of production in which the marginal production decreases with new investment
 

 7. 

the cost of producing one more unit of a good
 

 8. 

a chart that lists how much of a good all suppliers will offer at different prices
 

 9. 

the additional income from selling one more unit of a good
 

 10. 

the change in output from hiring one additional unit of labor
 
 
Identifying Key Terms
Match each term with the correct statement below.
a.
increasing marginal returns
h.
market supply curve
b.
diminishing marginal returns
i.
total cost
c.
marginal revenue
j.
law of supply
d.
marginal product of labor
k.
variable
e.
marginal cost
l.
elasticity of supply
f.
supply schedule
m.
regulation
g.
quantity supplied
 

 11. 

the change in output from hiring one additional unit of labor
 

 12. 

a chart that lists how much of a good a supplier will offer at different prices
 

 13. 

the cost of producing one more unit of a good
 

 14. 

the additional income from selling one more unit of a good
 

 15. 

a level at which the marginal production goes up with new investment
 

 16. 

government intervention in a market that affects the production of a good
 

 17. 

a factor that can change
 

 18. 

fixed costs plus variable costs
 

 19. 

the amount a supplier is willing and able to supply at a certain price
 

 20. 

a graph of the quantity supplied of a good by all suppliers at different prices
 



 
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