|
SCARCE GOOD: A resource with an available quantity less than its desired use. Scarce resources are also called factors of production. Scarce goods are also termed economic goods. Scarce resources are used to produce scarce goods. Like the more general society-wide condition of scarcity, a given resource is scarce because it has a limited availability in combination with a greater (potentially unlimited) productive use. It's both of these that make it scarce. In other words, even though an item is quite limited it will not be a scarce resource if it has few if any uses (think pocket lint and free good).
Visit the GLOSS*arama
|
|

|
|
                          
FACTOR SUPPLY DETERMINANTS: An ceteris paribus factors held constant when the factor supply curve is constructed that cause the curve to shift when they change. Because factor supply differs greatly depending on the particular factor analyzed (labor, capital, land, and entrepreneurship), factor supply determinants also come from different sources. Several key determinants come from the five standard market supply determinants: (1) resource prices, (2) technology, (3) other prices, (4) sellers' expectations, and (5) number of sellers. However, because labor is people (who receive satisfaction from working) three additional determinants come from market demand: (1) income, (2) preferences, and (3) other prices. Last, but not least, is the mobility of resources, including both geographic and occupational mobility. See also | factor supply | factor supply curve | determinant | supply determinant | demand determinant | mobility | geographic mobility | occupational mobility |  Recommended Citation:FACTOR SUPPLY DETERMINANTS, AmosWEB GLOSS*arama, http://www.AmosWEB.com, AmosWEB LLC, 2000-2025. [Accessed: July 11, 2025]. AmosWEB Encyclonomic WEB*pedia:Additional information on this term can be found at: WEB*pedia: factor supply determinants
Search Again?
Back to the GLOSS*arama
|
|
KEYNESIAN DISEQUILIBRIUM The state of the Keynesian model in which aggregate expenditures are not equal to aggregate production, which results in an imbalance that induces a change in aggregate production. In other words, the opposing forces of aggregate expenditures (the buyers) and aggregate production (the sellers) are out of balance. At the existing level of aggregate production, either the four macroeconomic sectors (household, business, government, and foreign) are unable to purchase all of the production that they seek or producers are unable to sell all of the production that they have.
Complete Entry | Visit the WEB*pedia |


|
|
BEIGE MUNDORTLE [What's This?]
Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time searching the newspaper want ads seeking to buy either a black duffle bag with velcro closures or any book written by Isaac Asimov. Be on the lookout for poorly written technical manuals. Your Complete Scope
This isn't me! What am I?
|
|
Junk bonds are so called because they have a better than 50% chance of default, carrying a Standard & Poor's rating of CC or lower.
|
|
"If anything terrifies me, I must try to conquer it. " -- Francis Charles Chichester, yachtsman, aviator
|
|
OCC Options Clearing Corporation
|
|
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
|

|