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Flashcards in Supply Deck (7)
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Competitive supply

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Goods in competitive supply are alternative products a firm could make with its resources. E.g. a farmer can plant potatoes or carrots. An electronics factory can produce smart-phones or smart-watches. Land has many uses – e.g. commercial/residential.

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Excess supply

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When supply is greater than demand and there are unsold goods in the market. Surpluses put downward pressure on the market price.

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Law of supply

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The law of supply is that there is a positive relationship between the price of a good and supply. As prices rise, we see an expansion of supply. If price fall, there should be a contraction of supply.

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Market supply

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Market supply is the total amount of an item producers are willing and able to sell at different prices, over a given period of time e.g. one month. Industry, a market supply curve is the horizontal summation of all each individual firm’s supply curves.

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Supply

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Quantity of a good or service that a producer is willing and able to supply onto the market at a given price in a given time period.

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Supply chain

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Different stages of making, distributing and selling a good or service from the production of parts, through to distribution and sale of the product.

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Supply curve

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The relationship between market price and quantity supplied onto the market.