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AMEX: The common abbreviation for the American Stock Exchange, which is one of three national stock markets in the United States (see National Association of Securities Dealers and New York Stock Exchange) that trade ownership shares in corporations. In terms of daily stock transactions and the number of stocks listed, the American Stock Exchange is the smallest of these three. However, it's composite index of stock prices -- AMEX is considered important enough to be flashed briefly on the nightly news.
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Lesson 7: Market Equilibrium | Unit 4: Adjustment
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A surplus exists if the quantity demanded is less than the quantity supplied at the current market price.- A surplus exists if the market price is 70 cents.
- The quantity demanded is 200 tapes and the quantity supplied is 600 tapes, giving a surplus of 400 tapes.
- This surplus induces the price to decline down to the equilibrium level of 50 cents
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CARDINAL UTILITY The notion that utility--the satisfaction of wants and needs achieved through the consumption of goods and services--can be measured with numerical values (1, 2, 3, etc.) that are based on a benchmark scale. Cardinal utility presumes that satisfaction is a measurable characteristic of a person, like height or weight. The contrasting notion is ordinal utility, which is based on a ranking of preferences.
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Ragnar Frisch and Jan Tinbergen were the 1st Nobel Prize winners in Economics in 1969.
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"Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision." -- Peter F. Drucker, business strategist
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GEB Games and Economic Behavior
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