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EQUILIBRIUM: The state that exists when opposing forces exactly offset each other and there is no inherent tendency for change. Once achieved, an equilibrium persists unless or until it is disrupted by an outside force.
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Lesson 23: Factor Market Equilibrium | Unit 1: Intro
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- Let's start with factor demand.
- Factor demand is the demand for the use of the productive services of resources (or factors of production) which is the alternative prices buyers are willing and able to pay at for a range of different quantities.
- Now let's consider factor supply.
- Factor supply is the supply of the productive services of resources (or factors of production), which is the alternative prices sellers are willing and able to accept at for a range of different quantities.
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DECREASING-COST INDUSTRY A perfectly competitive industry with a negatively-sloped long-run industry supply curve that results because expansion of the industry causes lower production cost and resource prices. A decreasing-cost industry occurs because the entry of new firms, prompted by an increase in demand, causes the long-run average cost curve of each firm to shift downward, which decreases the minimum efficient scale of production.
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During the American Revolution, the price of corn rose 10,000 percent, the price of wheat 14,000 percent, the price of flour 15,000 percent, and the price of beef 33,000 percent.
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"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there." -- Leslie Poles Hartley, Writer
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DCF Discounted Cash Flow
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