Shortage: When quantity demanded exceeds quantity supplied at a given price, typically caused by a price below equilibrium.
How to apply it: Explain how a shortage creates upward pressure on price as buyers compete for scarce goods.
Course: AP Microeconomics · Unit: Supply and Demand
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