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EQUILIBRIUM PRICE [31 records]

Record 1 2015-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing Theory
  • Laws of the Market (Economy)
DEF

Price in which offer and demand are in equilibrium.

OBS

market price: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des prix
  • Lois du marché (Économie)
DEF

Prix auquel s'égalisent l'offre et la demande.

CONT

Le prix du marché est le prix pour lequel acheteur et vendeur sur un marché s'accordent à propos d'un bien ou d'un service.

OBS

Définition extraite du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduite avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teoría de fijación de precios
  • Leyes del mercado (Economía)
DEF

Precio en el que se iguala la oferta y la demanda.

OBS

precio de mercado: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 2 2015-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing Theory
DEF

The system by which the amount and qualities of goods and services are determined (and, hence, resources to produce them allocated) by the price that consumers are willing to pay.

CONT

In a price system in which markets are permitted to work without outside intervention, the price system will tend toward an optimal allocation of resources and of production of goods and services; if there is a shortage of an item the price will rise, and new resources will be applied to its production, until a new equilibrium is achieved in which no other combination of goods and services produced or allocation of resources could produce greater satisfaction. In practice, no price system achieves this ideal. In all markets there are frictions caused by lags in response.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des prix
DEF

Ensemble de prix établis de manière cohérente pour l'application de principes préalablement fixés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teoría de fijación de precios
DEF

Es el sistema por el que se determinan los montos y calidades de bienes y servicios (y, en consecuencia, por el que se asignan los recursos para producirlos) por el precio que los consumidores están dispuestos a pagar.

CONT

En un sistema de precios en el que se permite que los mercados actúen sin intervención externa, el sistema de precios tenderá a la asignación óptima de recursos y de producción de bienes y servicios; si hay escasez de un artículo, el precio aumentará y se aplicarán nuevos recursos a su producción, hasta que se llegue a un equilibrio en el que ninguna otra combinación de bienes y servicios producidos o de asignación de recursos podría proporcionar mayor satisfacción. En la práctica, ningún sistema de precios alcanza ese ideal. En todos los mercados hay fricciones ocasionadas por los desfases en reacción al producto de que se trate.

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Record 3 2015-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Laws of the Market (Economy)
  • Pricing Theory
CONT

At the equilibrium market price for the factor of production, the amounts demanded and supplied will be exactly equal-only there will factor-price have no tendency to change.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lois du marché (Économie)
  • Théorie des prix

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Econometrics
CONT

... optimal equilibrium is attained when the consumer's substitution ratio is just equal to the ratio of food price to clothing price.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économétrie

Spanish

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Record 5 2015-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Productivity and Profitability
  • Corporate Economics
OBS

... its [a competitive firm's] Maximum-profit equilibrium comes when it follows the rule Price=Marginal Cost or P=MC

OBS

... any firm-monopolistic or competitive-will find its Maximum-profit equilibrium by nicely balancing its extra cost against its extra revenue (i.e., by finding an intersection of its Marginal Cost curve and what will be defined as its "Marginal Revenue" curve.

OBS

Maximum-profit equilibrium is where Marginal Revenue and Marginal Cost are equal. MR=MC, the Maximum-profit point.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Productivité et rentabilité
  • Économie de l'entreprise

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Public Sector Budgeting
CONT

The equilibrium price level is the level that makes the real value of nominallydenominated government liabilities equal to the present value of expected future government budget surpluses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Budget des collectivités publiques

Spanish

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Record 7 2007-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Doctrines, Systems and Policies
  • Econometrics
CONT

The direct cost method ignores that the [economic] impact may change the price(the partial equilibrium effect), that changes in one market may have effects on other markets(the general equilibrium effect), and that climate change may alter investments(the growth effect).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Doctrines, systèmes et politiques économiques
  • Économétrie
CONT

Ces changements [effets directs et indirects des interventions] se propagent par le biais de liens intersectoriaux et d'interdépendance entre industries (appelé techniquement en jargon économique «effet d'équilibre général»).

Spanish

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Record 8 2005-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Foreign Trade
  • National and International Economics
DEF

The price of tradables relative to non-tradables that, for given long-term equilibrium(or sustainable) values of other relevant variables such as trade taxes, international prices, capital and aid flows and technology, leads to the simultaneous attainment of internal and external equilibrium and is compatible with long-term economic growth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Économie nationale et internationale
CONT

Les deux marchés (marché des biens échangeables et marché des biens non échangeables) sont à l'équilibre. Le prix relatif qui correspond à cet équilibre est le taux de change réel d'équilibre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
  • Comercio exterior
  • Economía nacional e internacional
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Record 9 2004-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade
  • Economics
DEF

Situation in which two economic forces are not in equilibrium. For example, given an officially regulated price for a particular good there will be a lack of equilibrium if the demand at that price exceeds supply, thereby producing a scarcity in the market.

CONT

External imbalance; monetary imbalance

OBS

imbalance: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce
  • Économique
DEF

Situation dans laquelle deux forces économiques ne sont pas équilibrées ou compensées. Par exemple : en prenant un prix officiel réglementé d'un bien déterminé, si la demande à ce prix est supérieure à l'offre, il y a déséquilibre et il se produira une situation de pénurie sur le marché.

CONT

Déséquilibre de la balance des paiements; déséquilibre monétaire.

OBS

déséquilibre : terme et définition extraits du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduits avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio
  • Economía
DEF

Situación en la que dos fuerzas económicas no se encuentran equilibradas o compensadas . Por ejemplo: dado un precio oficial regulado de un determinado bien, si la demanda a ese precio excede a la oferta existe desequilibrio, y se producirá escasez en el mercado.

OBS

desequilibrio: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 10 2003-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing Theory
  • Laws of the Market (Economy)
DEF

The price when the supply of goods matches demand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des prix
  • Lois du marché (Économie)
DEF

Prix unique et déterminé qui s'établit théoriquement au point où l'offre est équivalente à la demande.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teoría de fijación de precios
  • Leyes del mercado (Economía)
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Record 11 2000-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
  • Production (Economics)
DEF

Level of minimum unemployment with equilibrium in the supply and demand of work. In the strictest sense, it is when the level of employment guarantees economic growth and price stability. Over/full employment is when the posts that are not covered exceed the number of unemployed people.

OBS

full employment: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
  • Production (Économie)
DEF

Niveau de chômage minimal, avec un équilibre de l'offre et de la demande de travail. Au sens strict, niveau d'emploi qui garantit la croissance de l'économie et la stabilité des prix. On parle de suremploi (over/full employment) lorsque les postes à pourvoir excèdent les sans-emploi. Même dans ce cas il y aura toujours un chômage frictionnel.

OBS

plein emploi : terme et définition extraits du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduits avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trabajo y empleo
  • Producción (Economía)
DEF

Nivel de desempleo mínimo, con equilibrio de la oferta y la demanda de trabajo. En sentido estricto, nivel de empleo (over/full employment) cuando los puestos sin cubrir exceden a los desempleados. Aun en este caso siempre habrá cierto paro friccional.

OBS

pleno empleo: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 12 1997-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing Theory
  • Laws of the Market (Economy)
  • Labour and Employment
CONT

... any departure of P [the price level] above equilibrium creates an "oversupply" condition leading back to equilibrium, and that any fall in P below equilibrium creates an "excess demand" that bids P back up to restore the equilibrium.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des prix
  • Lois du marché (Économie)
  • Travail et emploi

Spanish

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Record 13 1986-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Econometrics
CONT

A general equilibrium trade model can be described as one in which supply equals demand in every market and all markets are linked together through the mechanism of relative prices. For instance, an increase in demand in one industry raises the price in that industry with a resulting impact on those industries which either purchase the product as an input or supply the initial industry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économétrie
OBS

Terme suggéré par le service de traduction du Conseil économique du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 14 1981-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Conditions and Forecasting
  • Laws of the Market (Economy)
OBS

"Your economic system isn’t determinate until you have found conditions to determine a price and a quantity for each output and for each input. Do you have enough simultaneous conditions(or equations) to make your interdependent equilibrium system determinate?"

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions et conjonctures économiques
  • Lois du marché (Économie)

Spanish

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Record 15 1981-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing Theory
OBS

(...) The long-run equilibrium price is not as high as the short-run equilibrium price, and not nearly as high as the momentary equilibrium price.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des prix

Spanish

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Record 16 1981-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
OBS

P [price]=MC [marginal costs]=minimum competitive costs, the long-run Break-even equilibrium(...) where all competitive costs are just covered.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière

Spanish

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Record 17 1981-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cost Accounting
  • Laws of the Market (Economy)
OBS

(...) Least-cost equilibrium(...) : 1. The ratio of the marginal-physical-products of any two inputs must equal the ratio of their factor price.(...) 2. The marginal-physical-product-per-dollar received from the(last) dollar of expenditure must be the same for every productive factor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité analytique
  • Lois du marché (Économie)

Spanish

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Record 18 1981-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cost Accounting
OBS

P [price]=MC [marginal cost]=minimum competitive costs, the long run Break-even equilibrium(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité analytique

Spanish

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Record 19 1981-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing Theory
  • Laws of the Market (Economy)
OBS

Note that the long-run equilibrium price is not as high as the short-run equilibrium price, and not nearly as high as the momentary equilibrium price.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des prix
  • Lois du marché (Économie)

Spanish

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Record 20 1981-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing Theory
OBS

[See Figure 26-2, page 491] The equilibrium price G is shown in both diagrams at about that markup level over costs which the oligopolists think will be best for them in the long run.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des prix

Spanish

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Record 21 1981-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing Theory
OBS

Note that this equilibrium price is a little lower than the momentary E’ price.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des prix

Spanish

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Record 22 1981-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing Theory
OBS

The intelligent profit-seeking action of speculators and arbitragers tends to create certain definite equilibrium patterns of price over space and time.

Key term(s)
  • price pattern

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des prix

Spanish

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Record 23 1981-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Saving and Consumption
OBS

(...) MU/P [marginal utility/price] ratios for each good are called the marginal utility per dollar that the consumer gets from spending his money on that good. So final equilibrium of well-being will require that there be equality of each and every good's marginal utility per dollar.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épargne et consommation

Spanish

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Record 24 1981-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Saving and Consumption
OBS

(...) marginal utilities divided by price per unit-that is(...) marginal utilities per last dollar, MU/P-are all to be equalized in optimizing equilibrium.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épargne et consommation

Spanish

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Record 25 1981-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Planning
OBS

[The] excess of scheduled supply over scheduled demand will put downward pressure on price until it has finally reached that equilibrium level where the two curves intersect.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification économique

Spanish

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Record 26 1981-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Planning

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification économique

Spanish

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Record 27 1981-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Laws of the Market (Economy)
OBS

(...) our tangency condition is just another way of stating that a good's price and its marginal utility must be proportional in equilibrium(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lois du marché (Économie)

Spanish

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Record 28 1981-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Laws of the Market (Economy)
OBS

(...) if more of a commodity such as tea becomes available than people want to buy at the last-quoted market price, its price will be marked down by competition. At the lower price people will drink more tea, and producers will no longer produces quite so much. Thus equilibrium of supply and demand will be restored.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lois du marché (Économie)

Spanish

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Record 29 1980-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Laws of the Market (Economy)
  • Econometrics
OBS

(...) we shall see how the market price reaches its competitive equilibrium, when these two curves [supply and demand] intersect-when the forces of demand and supply are just in balance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lois du marché (Économie)
  • Économétrie

Spanish

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Record 30 1980-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing Theory

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des prix

Spanish

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Record 31 1980-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade
OBS

The condition for the free-trade equilibrium is that the new common price should coax out an import demand abroad just equal to our export supply.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce

Spanish

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