Economics B A-Level
Supply curve
What Supply curve means in Economics B A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Supply curve
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A graphical representation of the relationship between the price of a good or service and the quantity that producers are willing and able to supply to the market at a given time, ceteris paribus.
Topics that use Supply curve
- Supply (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Ceteris paribus
- Contraction
- Ethical production
- Extension
- Movement along a supply curve
- Profit maximisation
- Sales maximisation
- Shift of the supply curve
Using Supply curve in the exam
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