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ECON 152 – PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS
Chapter 3:
Demand and Supply
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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 Summation
of Two Demand Schedules
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The Horizontal Summation
of Two Demand Schedules
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The Market Demand
Schedule for Secure Digital Cards
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The Market Demand
Curve 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 Demand
Income: Normal Good
Price
Increase in income
increases demand
Decrease in income
decreases demand
D3
D1
D2
Q/Units
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Shifts in Demand
The Determinants of Demand
Income: Inferior Good
Price
Decrease in income
increases demand
Increase in income
decreases demand
D3
D1
D2
Q/Units
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Shifts in Demand
The Determinants of Demand
Income: Tastes and Preferences
Price
Hybrid vehicles
• Increase in demand
SUVs
• Decrease in demand
D3
D1
D2
Q/Units
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Shifts in Demand
The Determinants of Demand
Price of Related Goods: Substitutes
Price
Butter and Margarine
• Price of both = $2/lb.
• Price of margarine increases
to $3/lb.
• Demand for butter increases
D1
D2
Q/Butter
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Shifts in Demand
The Determinants of Demand
Price of Related Goods: Complements
Price
Speakers and Amplifiers
• Decrease the relative
price of amplifiers
• Demand for speakers
increases
Speakers and Amplifiers
• Increase the relative
price of amplifiers
• Demand for speakers
decreases
D3
D1
D2
Q/Speakers
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Shifts in Demand
The Determinants of Demand
Expectations
Price
A higher income or
expectations of a higher
future price will increase
demand
A lower income or
expectations of a lower
future price will decrease
demand
D3
D1
D2
Q/Units
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Shifts in Demand
The Determinants of Demand
Population
Price
Increase in the
population increases
demand
Decrease in population
decreases demand
D3
D1
D2
Q/Units
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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.
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Movement Along
a Given Demand Curve
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 Summation
of Supply Curves
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Horizontal Summation
of 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 Supply
Cost of Inputs
Price
Increase in cost
decreases supply
S3
S1
S2
Decrease in cost
increases supply
Q/Units
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Shifts in Supply
The Determinants of Supply
Technology and Productivity
Price
S3
S1
S2
Decreases in productivity
decrease supply
Improvements in technology or
increases in productivity
increase supply
Q/Units
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Shifts in Supply
The Determinants of Supply
Taxes and Subsidies
Price
S3
S1
S2
Increases in taxes or
decreases in subsidies
decrease supply
Decreases in taxes or
increases in subsidies
increase supply
Q/Units
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Shifts in Supply
The Determinants of Supply
Price Expectations
Price
Expectations of higher
future prices decrease
supply
S3
S1
S2
Expectations of lower
future prices increase
supply
Q/Units
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Shifts in Supply
The Determinants of Supply
Number of Firms in Industry
Price
Decrease in the
number of firms
decreases supply
S3
S1
S2
Increase in the
number of firms
increases supply
Q/Units
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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 Demand
and Supply Together
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Putting Demand
and Supply Together
Putting Demand
and 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 Demand
and 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 Demand
and Supply Together
• Surpluses
– The situation when quantity supplied is greater
than quantity demanded
• Qd < Qs
– Exist at any price above the market clearing
price
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ECON 152 – PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS
Chapter 3:
Demand and Supply
Materials include content from Pearson Addison-Wesley which has been modified
by the instructor and displayed with permission of the publisher. All rights reserved.