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A Stockbroker Trades Shares She Does Not Own with an Obligation

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A stockbroker trades shares she does not own with an obligation of later repayment, and in the hope that the price of traded shares will fall. She then repays share debt with shares purchased at a lower price and pockets the spread between initial share price and repayment price. This attempt to profit from a falling stock price is known as _____.


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Long Run

An interval in which every aspect of production and costs can vary, enabling modifications to all contributions.

Supply

The whole sum of a service or product that is up for sale at a certain price tier in a specific marketplace.

Decreasing-Cost Industry

An industry where the average cost of production decreases as the industry's output increases, often due to economies of scale.

Long-Run Supply Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the market price of a good and the quantity of it that producers are willing to supply when all production inputs are variable.

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