Google
Wednesday 
May 1, 2024 

AmosWEB means Economics with a Touch of Whimsy!

AmosWEBWEB*pediaGLOSS*aramaECON*worldCLASS*portalQUIZ*tasticPED GuideXtra CrediteTutorA*PLS
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK: A regional multilateral development institution engaged in promoting the economic development and social progress of its member countries in Africa. The Bank, established in 1964, started functioning in 1966 with its Headquarters in Abidjan, Cote d' lvoire. The Bank borrows funds from the international money and capital markets. Its shareholders are the 53 countries in Africa as well as 24 countries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

Visit the GLOSS*arama

Most Viewed (Number) Visit the WEB*pedia

Lesson 13: Aggregate Demand | Unit 3: The Curve Page: 11 of 22

Topic: Slope <=PAGE BACK | PAGE NEXT=>

The aggregate demand curve has a negative slope.
  • This negative slope means that households, business, government and foreign sectors are inclined to increase their aggregate spending on real production if the price level decreases and decrease spending if the price level rises.
Three reasons:
  • The real-balance effect.
  • The interest-rate effect.
  • The net-export effect.

Course Home | Lesson Menu | Page Back | Page Next

MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION, DEMAND

The demand curve for the output produced by a monopolistically competitive firm is relatively elastic. The firm can sell a wide range of output within a relatively narrow range of prices. As a price maker, the firm has some ability (not much, but some) to control price. The demand curve is negatively sloped, but relatively elastic, because each firm produces a slightly differentiated product, but faces competition from a large number of very, very close substitutes.

Complete Entry | Visit the WEB*pedia


APLS

YELLOW CHIPPEROON
[What's This?]

Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at the confiscated property police auction seeking to buy either a genuine fake plastic Tiffany lamp or a microwave over that won't burn your popcorn. Be on the lookout for mail order catalogs with hidden messages.
Your Complete Scope

This isn't me! What am I?

John Maynard Keynes was born the same year Karl Marx died.
"It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate. "

-- President Thomas Jefferson

CES
Constant Elasticity of Substitution
A PEDestrian's Guide
Xtra Credit
Tell us what you think about AmosWEB. Like what you see? Have suggestions for improvements? Let us know. Click the User Feedback link.

User Feedback



| AmosWEB | WEB*pedia | GLOSS*arama | ECON*world | CLASS*portal | QUIZ*tastic | PED Guide | Xtra Credit | eTutor | A*PLS |
| About Us | Terms of Use | Privacy Statement |

Thanks for visiting AmosWEB
Copyright ©2000-2024 AmosWEB*LLC
Send comments or questions to: WebMaster