Supply Analysis Meaning of Supply • • • • In simple words, supply is an amount of goods and services which a seller is willing to sale at a given time period at a given price, other things remaining same. The term supply includes – Stock for sale Readiness/willingness to sale Given amount/quantity of goods and services Given price Given time period Definition • Thomas - “The supply of goods is the quantity offered for sale in a given market at a given time at various prices.” • Anatol Murad, “The quantity supplied refers to the quantity of a commodity offered for sale at a given price in a given market at a given time.” • SUPPLY SCHEDULE Individual Supply Schedule Price ( Rs.) Q.S. (Units) 1 10 2 20 3 30 4 40 5 50 Market Supply Schedule Price (Rs) Firm A Firm B Market Supply 1 10 5 15 2 20 10 30 3 30 20 50 4 40 30 70 5 50 40 90 SUPPLY CURVE • Individual Supply Curve • Market Supply Curve Law of Supply In Law of Supply, the relation between price and supply of a commodity is studied, whereas other factors remain constant. There is a positive relation between price and quantity supplied. Qs =f (P) • Dooley - “The Law of Supply states that, other things being equal, the higher the price, the greater the quantity supplied or the lower the price, the smaller the quantity supplied.” Assumptions: • Prices of a particular commodity are changeable. • Prices of related goods remain constant. • Methods of product will not change. • Technology is constant. • Cost of production is constant. • Size of industry or number of firms is same. • Taxation policy is constant. • Government policy is constant. Tabular Explanation Price ( Rs.) Q.S. (Units) 1 10 2 20 3 30 4 40 5 50 Factors Affecting Supply of Goods QS = Quantity Supplied P = Price of a commodity S = Subsidy PR = Price of related goods TX = Tax Pi = Price of inputs GF = Goal of firms SN = Number of suppliers PE = Price Expectations T = Technology GP = Government Policy Change in Supply • Movement along Supply Curve 1. Extension or Expansion of Supply 2. Contraction of Supply • Shifting of Supply Curve 1. Increase in Supply 2. Decrease in Supply