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supply and demand
economic model of price determination in microeconomics
Phillips curve
economic model illustrating an inverse relationship between inflation and unemployment
IS/LM model
Islm
Laffer curve
representation of the relationship between taxation and government revenue
production–possibility frontier
graphical representation of all efficient combinations of goods quantities
indifference curve
microeconomic graph; connects points representing different quantities of 2 goods, points between which a consumer is indifferent: i.e. the consumer doesn't prefer one combination or bundle of goods over another combination on the same curve
demand curve
graph depicting the relationship between the price of a certain commodity and the amount of it that consumers are willing and able to purchase at that given price
Lorenz curve
graphical representation of the distribution of income or of wealth
long tail
theory in economics
weighted average cost of capital
rate that a company is expected to pay on average to all its security holders to finance its assets; firm’s cost of capital
yield curve
curve showing several interest rates across different contract lengths for a similar debt contract
Kuznets curve
hypothesis about relationship between economic development and inequality level
budget constraint
combinations of goods and services that a consumer may purchase given current prices within their given income
AD-AS model
Keynesian macroeconomic model that explains price level and output through the relationship of aggregate demand and aggregate supply
Engel curve
curve describing how household income varies with household expenditure
income–consumption curve
function in economics
Beveridge curve
the relationship between unemployment and job vacancy rate
Duck curve
graph showing the timing imbalance between peak demand and renewable electricity production
J curve
time path of a country’s trade balance following a devaluation or depreciation of its currency, under a certain set of assumptions
marginal propensity to save
fraction of income increase that is saved
Contract curve
concept in microeconomics
cost curve
graph of the costs of production as a function of total quantity produced
Great Gatsby curve
economical chart plotting inequality and intergenerational social immobility
Backward bending supply curve of labour
economical model relating real wages to hours worked
Rahn curve
Graph of relationship between government spending and economic growth
inverted yield curve
short-term rates exceed long-term rates
Price-consumption curve
economic concept
Hubbert curve
Model of fossil fuel production
Convex preferences
concept in economics