AVERAGE FACTOR COST CURVE: A curve that graphically represents the relation between average factor cost incurred by a firm for buying or hiring a factor of production and the factor quantity. Because average factor cost is essentially factor price, the average factor cost curve (in most circumstances) is also the factor supply curve facing the firm. This curve is constructed to capture the relation between average factor cost and the factor quantity, holding other variables constant.

     See also | curve | average factor cost | total factor cost | factor price | factor supply curve | marginal factor cost | factor markets | perfect competition | monopsony | market control | average cost |

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The satisfaction that buyers receive from the purchase of a good, which is assumed constant when a demand curve is constructed. Buyers' preferences is one of five demand determinants that shift the demand curve when they change. The other four are buyers' income, other prices, buyers' expectations, and number of buyers.

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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time going from convenience store to convenience store looking to buy either a remote controlled sports car with an air spoiler or semi-gloss photo paper that works with your neighbor's printer. Be on the lookout for letters from the Internal Revenue Service.
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