| A | B |
|---|
| Tax | required payment to the government |
| Subsidy | payment to private businesses by the government |
| Regulation | rules passed by the government about how companies conduct business |
| resource prices | anything used in the the production of a good or service. |
| government tools | taxes, subsidies and regulation |
| technology | usually makes production less in turn more supply and profits |
| competition | increases supply |
| prices of related goods | changes in one product's price can affect another |
| producer expectations | decisions producers make based on future income and projections |
