T3 - Price Determination Flashcards
What does a supply curve show
How much a firm is willing to supply at a given price
What do higher selling prices imply
Higher profits
What incentivises firms to expand production
Higher selling prices
What is supply
How much firms are willing to produce at given price levels
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What do firms want
To maxamise profits
What do increases in prices do to markets
Increase the number of suppliers in it
What do firms consider when producing at different price levels
Trade offs
Factors casuing shifts in supply
Price of raw materials
Tech changes
Productivity
Regulation
Wages
Subsides
Indirect taxes
Economic expectation
Firms objectives
Number of sellers in a market
What is joint supply
When a change in supply of one good changes the supply of another
What is this an example of - Fall in steel supply causing a fall in car supply
Joint supply