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Demand, Demand function, Demand Schedule and Demand Curve Law of Demand Movement along the demand curve and Shift in the demand curve Supply and Law of Supply Supply Schedule and supply curve and Movement along the supply curve and shift in the supply curve Equilibrium: Demand and Supply Change in the Equilibrium
Demand
Demand
The
quantity consumers are willing and able to buy at each possible price during a given time period, other things constant Amounts purchased per period
Willing
Includes all variables that influence the quantity demanded Q = f( P, Ps, Pc, Y, N, PE)
+ ? + +
P is price of the good PS is the price of substitute goods PC is the price of complementary goods Y is income, N is population, PE is the expected future price
Law of Demand
Law of demand
Quantity
demanded varies inversely with price, other things constant Higher price: lower quantity demanded
slope
12 9 6 3
a b c d e
15 12 9 6 3
8 14 20 26 32
The demand D shows the quantity demanded, at various prices, by all consumers. Price and quantity demanded are inversely related.
A
P1 P2 B P2 P1
B A
D
Q1 Q2 Q Q2 Q1
D
Q
D2 D1 Q
Income or wealth Price of substitute Price of complement Population Expected price Tastes shift toward good
D1 D2 Q
Income or wealth Price of substitute Price of complement Population Expected price Tastes shift away from good
Some instances where the law of demand does not hold good
Giffen Goods: Example: when the price of bread increase consumer curtailed their consumption of meat.
Veblen effect: Example: when the rise in price take place , consumer may be misguided to think that quality improved. Expectation
Example:
Quantity supplied
number of units of a good all sellers in the market would choose to sell over some time period given their constraints
Implies
a choice
the quantity that firms choose to sell maximizing profit given their constraints
we
Includes all variables that influence the quantity supply Q = f( P, Pa, C, Nf, T, PE .)
P is price of the good Pa is the price of alternative goods C is the input price Nf is number of firms, Technological advancement PE is the expected future price
Supply schedule
list of different quantities supplied at different prices, if other things are constant
Supply curve
relationship between the price of a good and the quantity supplied, with all other variables held constant Each point on the curve total quantity that sellers would choose to sell at a specific price Slopes upward - Law of Supply
4.00
2.00
40,000
60,000
Quantity
a change in the price of a good causes a movement along the supply curve, if other things are constant.
a change in any variable that affects supplyexcept for the goods price causes the supply curve to shift.
Sell
Sell
4.00
60,000
80,000
Quantity
2. Price of Alternatives
Other goods that a firm could produce A rise in the price for an alternative
decrease in supply (leftward shift)
Technology
technological advances
increase the supply of a good
4.
Number of Firms
5.
Expected price
Favorable weather
increases crop yields increases the supply (rightward shift)
Unfavorable weather
destroys crops, shrinks yields, decreases the supply (leftward shift)
P1 P2 B
P2 P1 A
Q2 Q1
Q1
Q2
Equilibrium
both
achieved - remain constant until either the demand curve or supply curve shifts
Equilibrium
Price S E
3.00
1.00
D
25,000 50,000 75,000 Quantity
Excess Demand
the amount by which quantity demanded exceeds quantity supplied - at a given price
Buyers
compete with each other to get more of the good than is available The price will rise Equilibrium is reached
Excess Demand
Price
3.00
1.00
J D
Quantity
Excess Supply
the amount by which quantity supplied exceeds quantity demanded - at a given price
Sellers
compete with each other to sell more than buyers want The price will fall Equilibrium is reached
Excess Supply
Price 1. At a price of 5.00 per bottle an excess supply of 30,000 bottles . . . Excess Supply 5.00 3. shrinking the excess supply . . . S
K
E
3.00
D
2. causes the price to drop 35,000 50,000 65,000 Quantity
Rightward
movement along the supply curve Equilibrium price rises Equilibrium quantity rises
D2 D1
5. equilibrium quantity increases too 50,000 60,000 Quantity
S1
3.00
can determine the direction that BOTH equilibrium price AND quantity will move
can determine the direction that EITHER equilibrium price OR equilibrium quantity will move direction of the other which curve shifts by more
S1
3.00
E D2 D1 Quantity