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Chapter 3:

Demand and Supply

ECON 152 – PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS

Materials include content from Pearson Addison-Wesley which has been modified by the instructor and displayed with permission of the publisher. All rights reserved.

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Markets

• Markets– Arrangements that individuals have for

exchanging with one another– Represent the interaction of buyers and

sellers

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Markets

• Markets– Markets for gasoline– Markets for labor– Stock market– Market for Super Bowl tickets– Compact disk market

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Markets

• Markets– Markets set the prices we pay and receive in

a free, competitive environment

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The Law of Demand

• Demand– Quantities of specific goods or services that

individuals, taken singly or as a group, will purchase at various possible prices, other things being constant

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The Law of Demand

• Law of Demand

– Quantity demanded is inversely related to price, holding other factors constant.

• Price Qd

• Price Qd

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The Law of Demand

• What are we holding constant?– Income – Price of other goods– Many other factors

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The Law of Demand

• Relative prices versus money prices– Relative Price

• The price of a commodity in terms of another commodity

– Money Price• Price we observe today in today’s dollars

(absolute, nominal price)

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The Demand Schedule

• The demand schedule is a table relating prices to quantity demanded.

• We must consider:– The time dimension– Constant-quality units

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The Individual Demand Schedule

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The Individual Demand Curve

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The Horizontal Summationof Two Demand Schedules

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The Horizontal Summationof Two Demand Schedules

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The Market DemandSchedule for Secure Digital Cards

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The Market DemandCurve for Secure Digital Cards

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A Shift in the Demand Curve

• Ceteris-Paribus Conditions

– Determinants of the relationship between price and quantity that are unchanged along a curve

– Changes in these factors cause a curve to shift

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A Shift in the Demand Curve

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Shifts in Demand

• Determinants of demand– Income

• Normal goods• Inferior goods

– Tastes and preferences– The price of related goods

• Complements• Substitutes

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Shifts in Demand

• Determinants of demand– Expectations

• Income• Future prices

– Market size (number of buyers)

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Shifts in Demand

The Determinants of DemandIncome: Normal Good

D1

Q/Units

D2D3

Price

Decrease in incomedecreases demand

Increase in incomeincreases demand

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Shifts in Demand

The Determinants of DemandIncome: Inferior Good

D1

Q/Units

Decrease in incomeincreases demand

Increase in incomedecreases demand

Price

D2D3

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Shifts in Demand

The Determinants of DemandIncome: Tastes and Preferences

D1

Q/Units

Price

D2D3

Hybrid vehicles• Increase in demand

SUVs• Decrease in demand

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Shifts in Demand

The Determinants of DemandPrice of Related Goods: Substitutes

D1

Q/Butter

Butter and Margarine• Price of both = $2/lb.• Price of margarine increases

to $3/lb.• Demand for butter increases

D2

Price

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Shifts in Demand

The Determinants of DemandPrice of Related Goods: Complements

D1

Q/Speakers

Speakers and Amplifiers• Decrease the relative

price of amplifiers• Demand for speakers

increases

D2D3

Speakers and Amplifiers• Increase the relative

price of amplifiers• Demand for speakers

decreases

Price

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Shifts in Demand

The Determinants of DemandExpectations

D1

Q/Units

A higher income or expectations of a higher future price will increase demand

D2D3

A lower income or expectations of a lower future price will decrease demand

Price

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Shifts in Demand

The Determinants of DemandPopulation

D1

Q/Units

Increase in the population increases demand

D2D3

Decrease in population decreases demand

Price

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Shifts in Demand

• Changes in demand versus changes in quantity demanded– A change in one or more of the non-price

determinants (income, tastes, etc.) will lead to a change in demand.

– This is a shift of the whole curve.

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Shifts in Demand

• Changes in demand versus changes in quantity demanded

– A change in a good’s own price leads to a change in quantity demanded.

• This is a movement along the same curve.

– ∆D is not the same as ∆Qd.

Movement Along a Given Demand Curve

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The Law of Supply

• Supply– The amount of a product or service that firms

are willing to sell at alternative prices

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The Law of Supply

• Law of Supply

– The price of a product or service and the quantity supplied are directly related.

• P Qs

• P Qs

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The Supply Schedule

• The supply schedule is a table relating prices to quantity supplied at each price.

• Supply Curve

– A graphical representation of the supply schedule

– Positively sloped line showing direct relationship between price and quantity supplied, all else equal

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The Individual Producer’s Supply Schedule

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The Individual Producer’s Supply Curve

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Horizontal Summationof Supply Curves

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Horizontal Summationof Supply Curves

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The Market Supply Schedule for Secure Digital Cards

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The Market Supply Curve for Secure Digital Cards

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Shifts in Supply

• In general, non-price changes that lead to higher profits lead to an increase in supply.

• In general, non-price changes that lead to lower profits lead to a decrease in supply.

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Shifts in Supply

• Determinants of supply– Cost of inputs– Technology and productivity– Taxes and subsidies– Price expectations– Number of firms in industry

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Shifts in Supply

The Determinants of SupplyCost of Inputs

S1

Q/Units

Decrease in cost increases supply

S2Increase in costdecreases supply

S3

Price

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Shifts in Supply

The Determinants of SupplyTechnology and Productivity

S1

Q/Units

Improvements in technology or increases in productivity increase supply

S2

Decreases in productivity decrease supply

S3

Price

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Shifts in Supply

The Determinants of SupplyTaxes and Subsidies

S1

Q/Units

Decreases in taxes or increases in subsidies increase supply

S2

Increases in taxes or decreases in subsidies decrease supply

S3

Price

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Shifts in Supply

The Determinants of SupplyPrice Expectations

S1

Q/Units

Expectations of lower future prices increase supply

S2Expectations of higher future prices decrease supply

S3

Price

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Shifts in Supply

The Determinants of SupplyNumber of Firms in Industry

S1

Q/Units

Increase in the number of firms increases supply

S2Decrease in the number of firms decreases supply

S3

Price

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Shifts in Supply

• Changes in supply versus changes in quantity supplied– A change in one or more of the non-price

determinants will lead to a change in supply.

– This is a shift of the whole curve.

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Shifts in Supply

• Changes in supply versus changes in quantity supplied– A change in a good’s own price leads to a

change in quantity supplied.– This is a movement along the same curve.

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Putting Demandand Supply Together

Putting Demandand Supply Together

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Putting Demandand Supply Together

• Equilibrium

– The situation when quantity supplied equals quantity demanded at a particular price

– There tends to be no movement of the price of the quantity away from this point unless demand or supply changes.

– Equilibrium is a stable point – any point that is not equilibrium is unstable and will not persist.

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Putting Demandand Supply Together

• Shortages

– The situation when quantity demanded is greater than quantity supplied

• Qd > Qs

– Exist at any price below the market clearing price

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Putting Demandand Supply Together

• Surpluses

– The situation when quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded• Qd < Qs

– Exist at any price above the market clearing price

Chapter 3:

Demand and Supply

ECON 152 – PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS

Materials include content from Pearson Addison-Wesley which has been modified by the instructor and displayed with permission of the publisher. All rights reserved.

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