Microecon chapter 3 Flashcards
What is demand (3)
- What we want
- What we can afford
- What we plan to buy
Quantity of demand of a good
Amount desired to purchase at a given price
Determinants of demands (6)
- Price
- Income
- Price of other goods
- Population
- Taste
- Change in weather
Law of demand
All things equal, the higher the price, the lower the price, demand slope downward
Substitution effect
As price rise, all things equal, the price rise relative to all other goods
Income effect
If price rise, it rises relative to income, if income remains unchanged, we must buy less of the good
Demand schedule
A table showing Qd. at various prices
Demand curve
Graph of representation of demand schedule
Movement along
Occurs only when price changes
Shift in demands (2)
- If any one (or more) of the “All things equal” items changes, we see a shift in demand
- D ↑ -> Dd curve shift right
D ↓ -> Dd curve shift left
Demand - Income (2)
- For normal goods:
I ↑ -> D ↑
I ↓ -> D ↓ - For inferior goods:
I ↑ -> D ↓
I ↓ -> D ↑
Demand - Price of related good - Substitutes
Psub ↑ -> D rise
Psub ↓ -> D ↓
Demand - Price of related good - Complement
Pcomp ↑ -> D ↓
Pcomp ↓ -> D ↑
Demand - Population
Pop ↑ -> D ↑
Pop ↓ -> D ↓
Demand - Preference
D ↑/D↓ (according to your taste)
Demand - weather changes
D ↑/D↓ (depends)
Supply
The amount of a producer. Producer desire to sell (at given time period) at a particular price
Law of supply
“All thing equal” the higher the P, the higher the Qs =>supply slope upward
Determinants of supply (7)
- Price
- Price of input
- Technology
- Taxes and subsidies
- Price of other goods
- Change in the weather
- # of suppliers
Supply schedule
A table showing Qs at various prices
Supply curve
Graph of supply schedule
Shifts in supply (2)
- Occurs when one (or more) of the “ all things equal” item changes
- S ↑ -> Supply curve shift right
S ↓ -> Supply curve shift left
Supply - Price of input
Wages ↑ -> S ↓
Wages ↓ -> S ↑
Supply - Technology
Tech ↑ -> S ↑
(Tech ↓) -> S ↓
Supply - Price of other goods
Pother ↑ -> S ↓
Pother ↓ -> S ↑
Supply - weather
S ↑/S↓ (Depends)
Supply - taxes and subsidies
Tx ↑ -> S ↓
Tx ↓ -> S ↑
Sub ↑ -> S ↑
Sub ↓ -> S ↓
Supply - # of supliers
Suppliers ↑ -> S ↑
Suppliers ↓ -> S ↓
Market equilibrium
Occurs when Qd = Qs = Q*
Excess demand shortage
Qd > Qs (consumers offer to pay less and supplier offer to sell for less)
Excess supply surplus
Qd < Qs (consumers offer to pay more and producer charge more)
↑ (↓) D
D↑ => P↑, Q↑
D↓ => P↓, Q↓
↑(↓) S
S↑ => P↓, Q↑
S↓ => P↑, Q↓
↑D↑S(↓D↓S)
D↑, S↑ -> Q↑, P ind.
D↓, S↓ -> Q↓, P ind.
D↓S↓(D↓S↑)
D↑, S↓ -> P↑, Q ind.
D↓, S↑ -> P↓, Q ind.