Chapter 4- Supply and Demand Flashcards
Section 4.3 Exhibit 5
Graph the following:
- When the price of a compliement falls or the price of a substitute rises.
- When income increases (normal good)
- When income increasaes (inferior good)
- Increase in the number of buyers in the market.
- Tastes change in favor of the good
- Future price increase expected.
Section 4.5 Exhibit 3
Graph the following:
- Input price (wages) increase.
- Input price falls.
- Price decreases for a substitute in production
- Producer expects now that the price will be lower later.
- Number of suppliers increase.
- Taxes rise.
- Technological advance occurs.
- Bad weather.
A change in _____ _____ _____ leads to a change in quantity demanded, illustrated by a _____ _____ demand curve
a good’s price; movement along
A change in demand is caused by changes in any of the other factors (beside’s a good’s own price) that would affect how much of the good is purchased: the ______ _____ ______ ______, ______, the ______ of buyers, ______, and ______.
prices of related goods; income; number; tastes; expectations
An increase in demand is represented by a _____ shift in the demand curve; a decrease in demand is represented by a _____ shift in the demand curve.
rightward; leftward
Two goods are called _____ if an increase in the price of one causes the demand curve for another good to shift to the _____.
substitutes; right
For normal goods an increase in income leads to a(n) _____ in demand, and a decrease in income leads to a(n) _____ in demand, other things being equal.
increase; decrease
An increase in the expected future price of a good or an increase in expected future income may _____ demand.
Increase
According to the Law of Supply, the higher the price of the good, the greater the _____ _____, and the lower the price of the good, the smaller the, _____ _____.
quantity supplied; quantity supplied
The quantity supplied is positively related to the price because firms supplying goods and services want to increase their ____________ and because increasing ____________ costs mean that the suppliers will require _________ prices to induce them to increase their output.
profits;
production
higher
The market supply curve is a graphical representation of the amount of goods and services that suppliers are ________ and _________ to supply at various prices
willing;
able
Possible supply determinants (factors that determine the position of the supply curve) are ________ prices; ________ of suppliers; and __________, _________, __________, and ____________
input;
expectations;
number;
technology;
regulation;
taxes and susidies;
weather
A fall in input prices will _________ the costs of production, causing the supply curve to shift to the _________
lower;
right
The supply of a good __________ if the prices of one of its substitutes in production falls
increases
The supply of a good ________ if the price of one of its substitutes in production rises
decreases
A(n) ______ is the process of buyers and sellers _____ goods and services
markets; exchanging
The important point about a makert is what it does— it facilitates ______.
trade
_____, as a group, determine the demand side of the market. ____, as a group, determine the supply side of the market.
buyers; sellers
A(n) ____ market consists of many buyers and sellers, no single one of whom can influence the market price.
competitive