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Market Equilibrium
Input Markets
Input markets include:
The labor market, in which households
Determinants of Household
Demand
A households decision about the quantity of a particular
output to demand depends on:
The price of the product in question.
The income available to the household.
The households amount of accumulated
wealth.
The prices of related products available to
the household.
The households tastes and preferences.
The households expectations about future
income, wealth, and prices.
Quantity Demanded
Quantity demanded is the
QUANTITY
DEMANDED
(CALLS PER
MONTH)
30
25
7
3
1
0
A demand
schedule is a table
showing how much
of a given product a
household would be
willing to buy at
different prices.
Demand curves are
usually derived from
demand schedules.
QUANTITY
DEMANDED
(CALLS PER
MONTH)
30
25
7
3
1
0
is a graph illustrating
how much of a given
product a household
would be willing to
buy at different
prices.
Higher income
increases the demand
for a normal good
PRICE
(PER
BUSHEL)
$
2
1.75
2.25
3.00
4.00
5.00
QUANTITY
SUPPLIED
(THOUSANDS
OF BUSHELS
PER YEAR)
0
10
20
30
45
45
CLARENCE BROWN'S
SUPPLY SCHEDULE
FOR SOYBEANS
PRICE
(PER
BUSHEL)
$
2
1.75
2.25
3.00
4.00
5.00
QUANTITY
SUPPLIED
(THOUSANDS
OF BUSHELS
PER YEAR)
0
10
20
30
45
45
10
20
30
40
50
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
0
10
20
30
40
50
Determinants of Supply
The price of the good or service.
The cost of producing the good, which in
Market Supply
As with market demand, market supply is
Market Equilibrium
The operation of the market
Market Equilibrium
Only in equilibrium
is quantity supplied
equal to quantity
demanded.
Market Disequilibria
Excess demand, or
shortage, is the
condition that exists
when quantity
demanded exceeds
quantity supplied at
current
price.
the
When
quantity
demanded
exceeds quantity
supplied, price tends to
rise until equilibrium is
restored.
Market Disequilibria
Excess supply, or