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AGGREGATE EXPENDITURE LINE: A line representing the relation between aggregate expenditures and gross domestic product used in the Keynesian cross. The aggregate expenditure line is obtained by adding investment expenditures, government purchases, and net exports to the consumption line. As such, the slope of the aggregate expenditure line is largely based on the slope of the consumption line (which is the marginal propensity to consume), with adjustments coming from the marginal propensity to invest, the marginal propensity for government purchases, and the marginal propensity to import. The intersection of the aggregate expenditures line and the 45-degree line identifies the equilibrium level of output in the Keynesian cross.
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Lesson 6: Supply | Unit 2: Law of Supply
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The law of supply is the basic principle underlying supply. A definition: The law of supply is a direct relationship between supply price and the quantity supplied, ceteris paribus. - Direct relationship means that people sell more of a good if the price is higher and less if the price is lower.
- The law of supply is not as rigid as the law of demand. The price and the quantity supplied are not always directly related. Higher prices could cause an increase or a decrease in the quantity supplied.
Ceteris paribus is also important to the law of supply.- Ceteris paribus means other things remain unchanged.
- Law of supply applies exclusively to the relationship between supply price and quantity supplied.
- All other things that can affect supply must remain constant to avoid distorting this relationship.
- Because supply is affected by many factors other than price, the price/quantity supply relationship can get lost when other things change.
- Other factors that affect supply are called supply determinants.
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AVERAGE FIXED COST CURVE A curve that graphically represents the relation between average fixed cost incurred by a firm in the short-run product of a good or service and the quantity produced. This curve is constructed to capture the relation between average fixed cost and the level of output, holding other variables, like technology and resource prices, constant. The average fixed cost curve is one of three average curves. The other two are average total cost curve and average variable cost curve. A related curve is the marginal cost curve.
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