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RATIONAL BEHAVIOR: The notion that people make decisions based on the desire to obtain the greatest amount of satisfaction. Rational behavior essential means that people prefer more to less. The presumption of rational behavior underlies most economic analyses, especially those applied to consumer demand theory.

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UNSTABLE EQUILIBRIUM: An equilibrium that is NOT restored if disrupted by an external force. This should be contrasted with stable equilibrium. While most equilibria studied in economics are of the stable variety, a few cases of unstable equilibria do emerge from time to time, in limited circumstances.

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DEMAND SHOCK

A disruption of market equilibrium caused by a change in a demand determinant and a shift of the demand curve. A demand shock can take one of two forms--a demand increase or a demand decrease. This is one of two disruptions of the market. The other is a supply shock.

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