03
Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Copyright © 2012 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
Markets
• Interaction between buyers and
•
sellers
Markets may be
• Local
• National
• International
• Price is discovered in the interactions
of buyers and sellers
LO1
3-2
Demand
• Schedule or curve
• Amount consumers are willing and
•
•
•
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able to purchase at a given price
Other things equal
Individual demand
Market demand
3-3
Law of Demand
• Other things equal, as price falls the
quantity demanded rises, and as
price rises the quantity demanded
falls
• Reasons
• Common sense
• Law of diminishing marginal utility
• Income effect and substitution effects
LO1
3-4
The Demand Curve
P
6
P Qd
$5 10
4 20
3 35
2 55
Price (per bushel)
5
4
3
2
1
D
1 80
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Q
Quantity Demanded (bushels per week)
LO1
3-5
Changes in Demand
P
Change in Demand
6
Price (per bushel)
5
Change in Quantity
Demanded
4
3
2
D2
1
D1
D3
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18 Q
Quantity Demanded (bushels per week)
LO1
3-6
Determinants of Demand
Determinants of Demand: Factors That Shift the Demand Curve
Determinant
Examples
Change in buyers’ tastes
Physical fitness rises in popularity, increasing the
demand for jogging shoes and bicycles; cell phone
popularity rises, reducing the demand for land-line
phones.
Change in the number of buyers
A decline in the birthrate reduces the demand for
children’s toys.
Change in income
A rise in incomes increases the demand for normal
goods such as restaurant meals, sports tickets, and
necklaces while reducing the demand for inferior
goods such as cabbage, turnips, and inexpensive
wine.
Change in the prices of related
goods
A reduction in airfares reduces the demand for bus
transportation (substitute goods); a decline in the price
of DVD players increases the demand for DVD movies
(complementary goods).
Change in consumer expectations
Inclement weather in South America creates an
expectation of higher future coffee bean prices,
thereby increasing today’s demand for coffee beans.
LO1
3-7
Supply
• Schedule or curve
• Amount producers are willing and
•
•
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able to sell at a given price
Individual supply
Market supply
3-8
Law of Supply
• Other things equal, as the price rises
•
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the quantity supplied rises, and as the
price falls the quantity supplied falls
Reasons
• Price acts as an incentive to
producers
• At some point, costs will rise
3-9
The Supply Curve
P
Qs
per
Week
$5
60
4
50
3
35
2
20
1
5
Price (per bushel)
Supply of Corn
Price
per
Bushel
S
5
4
3
2
1
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Q
Quantity supplied (bushels per week)
LO2
3-10
Changes in Supply
P
$6
Change in Quantity
S3
Supplied
S1
5
Price (per bushel)
S2
4
3
2
Change in Supply
1
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16 Q
Quantity supplied (thousands of bushels per week)
LO2
3-11
Determinants of Supply
Determinants of Supply: Factors That Shift the Supply Curve
Determinant
Examples
Change in resource prices
A decrease in the price of microchips increases the
supply of computers; an increase in the price of crude
oil reduces the supply of gasoline.
Change in technology
The development of more effective wireless
technology increases the supply of cell phones.
Change in taxes and subsidies
An increase in the excise tax on cigarettes reduces the
supply of cigarettes; a decline in subsidies to state
universities reduces the supply of higher education.
Change in prices of other goods
An increase in the price of cucumbers decreases the
supply of watermelons.
Change in producer expectations
An expectation of a substantial rise in future log prices
decreases the supply of logs today.
Change in the number of suppliers
An increase in the number of tattoo parlors increases
the supply of tattoos; the formation of women’s
professional basketball leagues increases the supply
of women’s professional basketball games.
LO2
3-12
Market Equilibrium
• Equilibrium occurs where the demand
•
•
curve and supply curve intersect
Surplus and shortage
Rationing functions of prices
• The ability of the competitive forces of
demand and supply to establish a price
at which selling and buying decisions
are consistent
LO3
3-13
Market Equilibrium
6
6,000 Bushel
Surplus
P
Qd
$5
2,000
4
4,000
3
7,000
2
11,000
1
16,000
Price (per bushel)
5
S
4
3
2
7,000 Bushel
Shortage
1
0
2
4
67
8
10
P
Qs
$5
12,000
4
10,000
3
7,000
2
4,000
1
1,000
D
12
14
16
18
Bushels of Corn (thousands per week)
LO3
3-14
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Changes in Demand
and Equilibrium
D increase:
P, Q
D decrease:
P, Q
P
P
S
S
D2
D3
D1
0
0
Increase in demand
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D4
Decrease in demand
3-15
` and
Changes
Changesin
inDemand
Supply
andEquilibrium
Equilibrium
S increase:
P, Q
S decrease:
P, Q
P
P
S1
S4
S2
D
D
0
0
Increase in supply
LO4
S3
Decrease in supply
3-16
Government-Set Prices
• Price Ceilings
• Set below equilibrium price
• Rationing problem
• Black markets
• Example: Rent control
LO5
3-17
Government-Set Prices
P
$3.50 P0
S
Ceiling
3.00 PC
D
Shortage
Qs
LO5
Q0
Qd
Q
3-18
Government-Set Prices
• Price Floors
• Prices are set above the market
•
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price
• Chronic surpluses
Example: Minimum wage laws
3-19
Government-Set Prices
P
S
Surplus
Floor
$3.00 Pf
2.00 P0
D
Q
Qd
LO5
Q0
Qs
3-20