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Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium

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Demand   Statement of a buyer's plans or intentions with respect to purchasing a product  
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Law of Demand   Principle that, other things equal, an increase in a product's price will reduce the quantity of it demanded, and conversely for a decrease in price  
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inverse Relationship   Price and quantity demanded  
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Explanation of Inverse Relationship   Law of Demand is consistent with common sense Diminishing marginal utility Income Effect and Substitution Effect  
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Income Effect   A change in the quantity demanded of a product that results from a change in real income (purchasing power) caused by change in product's price Lower prices = more buying  
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Substitution Effect   A change in the quantity demanded of a consumer good that results from a change in its relative expensiveness caused by a change in the good's own price  
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Demand Curve Slope   Downward  
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Market Demand   Found by adding quantities demanded by all customers at each possible price  
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Determinants of Demand   Consumers' tastes, number of buyers, consumers' income, price of related goods, and consumer expectations  
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Change in Demand   Change in one or more determinants changes demand  
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Superior Goods/Normal Goods   Good or service whose consumption increases when income increases and falls when income decreases, even as price remains constant  
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Inferior Goods   Good or service whose consumption declines as income rises, prices held constant  
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Inferior Goods Example   Microwave foods, retread tires, used cars, etc. Higher income means higher quality goods  
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Substitute Goods   Products or services that can be used in place of each other When price for one falls, demand for other falls  
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Substitute Goods Example   Ben & Jerrys and Haagen Dazs  
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Complementary Goods   Products and services that are used together Price of one falls, demand for the other increases  
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Complementary Goods Example   Smartphones and cellular service, snowboards and lift tickets, etc.  
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Change in Quantity Demanded   Change in Price Movement on the curve  
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Supply   Various amounts of products that producers are willing and able to make available for sale at each of a series of possible prices during a specific time  
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Law of Supply   Principle that, other things equal, an increase in the price of a product will increase the quantity of it supplied, and conversely for decrease  
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Market Supply   Sum quantities supplied by each producer at each level Horizontally add supply curves of individual producers  
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Determinants of Supply   Resource prices, technology, taxes and subsidies, prices of other goods, producer expectation, and number of sellers in the market  
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Higher Resource Prices   Higher prices mean rise in prices for consumers  
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Prices of Other Goods   Firm producing one good can shift and produce a similar one if the prices for the new good are higher  
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Taxes   Increase production costs and reduce supply  
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Subsidies   Lower costs and increase supply  
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Producer Expectations   Changes in expectations about future prices of goods may affect producers current willingness to supply that product  
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Number of Sellers   Larger the number of sellers, the greater the market supply  
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Change in Quantity Supplied   Quantity supplied changes at every price Movement ALONG the curve  
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Equilibrium Price   Price in a competitive market at which the quantity demanded and quantity supplied are equal  
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Equilibrium Quantity   Quantity at which the intentions of buyers and sellers match  
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Surplus   Amount by which the quantity supplied of a product exceeds the quantity demanded at a specific (above equilibrium) price  
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Shortage   Amount by which the quantity demanded of a product exceeds the quantity supplied at a particular (below equilibrium) price  
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Rationing Function of Prices   Ability of forces of supply and demand to establish a price at which selling and buying decisions are constant  
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Productive Efficiency   The production of a good in the least costly way  
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Efficient Allocation   Competitive market rations goods to consumers and allocates society's resources efficiently to the particular product  
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Allocative Efficiency   The apportionment of resources among firms and industries to obtain the production of the products most wanted by society  
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MB = MC   At equilibrium: allocative efficiency  
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Increase in Demand   Price increases Quantity increases  
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Decrease in Demand   Price decreases Quantity decreases  
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Increase in Supply   Price decreases Quantity increases  
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Decrease in Supply   Price increases Quantity decreases  
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Supply Increase, Demand Decrease   Price decreases Quantity Indeterminate  
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Supply Decrease, Demand Increase   Price increases Quantity indeterminate  
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Supply Increase, Demand Increase   Price indeterminate Quantity increases  
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Supply Decrease, Demand Decrease   Price indeterminate Quantity decrease  
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Price Ceiling   Legally establishing a maximum price for a good or service Leads to shortages  
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Black Markets   Emerge in response to government intervention Place where good is illegally bought and sold at prices above legal limits  
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Price Floor   Minimum price for a good or service Creates surpluses Often used when the market system hasn't provided a sufficient income for certain groups of resource suppliers or producers  
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