Lesson: Supply and Demand Flashcards
Quantities of a particular good and service customer are willing and able to buy at different possible prices.
Demand
Customers buy more of a good when its prices decreases and less when its prices increase.
The Law of Demand (When price goes up, demand goes down and when price goes down, demand goes up. )
Factors of Demand:
Changes in Income
Prices of Related Goods
Price Expectation
Changes in the number of buyers ( Population )
Changes in Tastes and Preferences
good that can be used in place of another
substitute
The amount of a product that is offer for sale at all possible prices in the market.
Supply
Tendency of supplier to offer more of a good at a higher price and less at
lower prices.
The Law of Supply (When Price goes up, Supply goes up, when price goes down, supply goes down.)
The Law of Demand
describes how price affects.
CONSUMERS
The Law of Supply describes how price affects.
PRODUCERS
DETERMINANTS OF SUPPLY:
Cost of Production/Inputs
Technology
Number of Sellers
Taxes and Subsidies
Weather
Cost of Production/Inputs:
When production costs goes up, supply goes down, when production costs goes down, supply goes up.
Refers to techniques or methods of production.
Technology
More sellers or more factories means an increase in supply. On the other hand, less sellers or factories less supply.
Number of Sellers
Production of goods also depends on
Weather
supply and demand intersect
Equilibrium price