Monday, February 9, 2015

Demand and Supply

Demand is the quantities that people are willing or able to buy at various prices.
  • The law of demand- There's an inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded. 
  • The causes of a change in quantity demanded

    •  Δ in buyers taste (Advertisement)
    •  Δ in number of buyers (Population)
    •  Δ in income 
      • Normal goods that buyers buy more of when income rises. 
      • Inferior goods that buyers buy less when income rises.
    •  Δ in price in relative goods.
  • Substitute good that server roughly the same purpose to buyers.
  • Complementary goods often consume together.
    •  Δ  in expectation

Supply is the quantities that producers/sellers are willing and able to produce/sell at various prices.
  • The law of supply- There's a direct relationship between price and quantity supply.
  • The causes of a change in quantity supply
    • Δ in weather
    • Δ in technology
    • Δ in cost of production
    • Δ in number of sellers
    • Δ in taxes 
    • Δ in expectation

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