videos 15-17 Flashcards
extra credit
Competitive Equilibrium
when quantity supplied equals quantity demanded
Equilibrium
situation where neither consumers or firms any incentives to change their behavior
Excess Demand
difference between quantity demanded and quantity supplied when consumers demand a greater quantity than producers are willing and able to supply
Below the equilibrium point on the graph, as prices ______, excess demand ________.
Rise, Shrinks
Bidding Mechanism
process where unsatisfied buyers try to change the price of a good so to guarantee that they are able to obtain it
Excess Supply
difference between quantity supplied and quantity demanded when producers supply greater quantity than consumers are willing to buy
surplus is equal to…
excess suppy
the demand curve is ________ sloping.
downward
the supply curve is ________ sloping.
upward
the point where the demand curve and the supply curve cross it the ____________ point.
competitive equilibrium point
The _________ pushes prices toward a stable ______________.
Bidding Mechanism, Competitive Equilibrium
Excess Demand is represented on the _______ part of the graph.
bottom part
If the price of of substitute goods increases then who is affected??
buyers
Price of substitute goods increases so demand curve shifts to the ________
left
Increase in prices and an increase in demand moves the demand curve ________.
leftward
If consumer income, price of substitute goods, price of complementary goods, expectations, input prices, and/or technology, what must be done to the graphs?
They must be redrawn.
First step to solving how a graph is shifted is answering…?
Who is affected by the change?? Buyer or seller?
The second step in how to shift a graph is answering …?
How will the change affect the curve?
the third question to answer when adjusting a graph is…?
What happens to the equilibrium??
If a buyers is affected then the _____ curve is shifted
supply
When a competitive equilibrium is established, it leaves ____________ for the market to adjust.
no incentive
comparative statics
the analysis of what happens when one market variable causes the competitive equilibrium to adjust.
bidding process makes the shifted curve reach ___________.
Equilibrium point
supply curve is by the change in…??
substitute goods prices