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1
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What is demand?

A

Quantities of a good or service that people are ready (willing and able) to buy at various prices within some given time period.

2
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What is market demand?

A

The sum of all the individual demands.

3
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What is the law of demand?

A

The inverse relationship between price and the quantity demanded of a good or service.

4
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What does a change in price lead to (with regard to demand) and how is this shown on a graph?

A

It changes the quantity demanded and is shown as a movement along the demand curve.

5
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What does a change in non-price factors lead to (with regard to demand) and how is this shown on a graph?

A

It changes the level of demand and is shown as a shift in the demand curve.

6
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What are the non-price determinants of demand? (5)

A

1) tastes and preferences
2) income
3) prices of related products
4) future expectations
5) number of buyers

7
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What is supply?

A

The quantities of goods or services that people are ready to sell at various prices within some given time period.

8
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What does a change in price lead to (with regard to supply) and how is this shown on a graph?

A

Changes the quantity supplied and is shown as a movement along the supply curve.

9
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What does a change in non-price factors lead to (with regard to supply) and how is this shown on a graph?

A

It changes the level of supply and is shown as a shift in the supply curve.

10
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What are the non-price determinants of supply? (5)

A

1) costs and technology
2) prices of other goods or services offered by the seller
3) future expectations
4) number of sellers
5) weather conditions

11
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What is the equilibrium price?

A

The price that equates the quantity demanded with the quantity supplied

12
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What is the equilibrium quantity?

A

The amount that people are willing to buy and sellers are willing to offer at the equilibrium price.

13
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What is a shortage?

A

A market situation in which the quantity demanded exceeds the quantity supplied - shortage occurs at a price below the equilibrium level.

14
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What is a surplus?

A

A market situation in which the quantity supplied exceeds the quantity demanded - surplus occurs at a price above the equilibrium level.

15
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What is comparative statistics?

A

It is a form of sensitivity (what if) analysis and is commonly used in economic analysis

16
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What is the 5 step process of comparative statistic analysis?

A

1) state the assumptions needed to construct the model
2) begin by assuming the model is in equilibrium
3) Introduce a change in the model creating disequilibrium
4) find the new point at which equilibrium is restored
5) compare the new equilibrium point with the old one

17
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What is the Short-Run? (2)

A

It is the period of time in which:

  • Sellers in the market respond to a change in equilibrium price by adjusting variable inputs
  • Buyers in the market respond to changes in equilibrium price by adjusting the quantity demanded for the good or service.
18
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What do short-run changes show?

A

The rationing function of price, which is the increase/decrease in price to clear the market of any shortage or surplus.

19
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Why is rationing function of price considered to be a short-run function?

A

Because both buyers and sellers are expected to respond only to price changes.

20
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In the short-run, what will:

a) an increase in demand cause?
b) a decrease in demand cause?

A

a) the price and quantity to rise

b) the price and quantity to fall

21
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In the short-run, what will:

a) an increase in supply cause?
b) a decrease in supply cause?

A

a) the price to fall and the quantity to rise

b) the price to increase and the quantity to fall

22
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What is the long-run? (4)

A

It is the period of time in which:

  • new sellers may enter a market
  • existing sellers may exit the market
  • existing sellers may adjust fixed factors of production
  • buyers may react to a change in equilibrium price by changing their tastes and preferences.
23
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What is Adam Smith famous for?

A

Referring to the shifting of resources into and out of markets in response to price changes as the invisible hand.

24
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What does the long-run show?

A

The guiding or allocating function of price, which is the movement of resources into or out of markets in response to a change in the equilibrium price.

25
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How does a short-run increase in demand (which causes prices to rise) play out in the long-run?

A

Supply increases as new sellers enter the market and original sellers increase their production capacity.

26
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How does a short-run decrease in demand (which causes prices to fall) play out in the long-run?

A

Supply decreases as less profitable firms or those experiencing losses exit the market or decrease production.

27
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How does a short-run increase in supply (which causes the price to fall) play out in the long run?

A

Demand increases as tastes and preferences of consumers eventually change in favour of the product relative to substitutes.

28
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How does a short-run decrease in supply (which causes the price to increase) play out in the long run?

A

Demand decreases as tastes and preferences of consumers eventually change away from the product and toward the substitutes.

29
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What is perfect competition?

A

Where the forces of supply and demand are the sole determinants of the market price. Ie. price is not influenced by any single firm.

30
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What is market power? and where does this occur? (5)

A

Market power is the power to set the market price and it occurs where there is imperfect competition, so individual firms exert power over price due to:

  • size
  • product differentiation
  • advertising
  • brand / name
  • features or service