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Chapter One
The Market
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Economic Modeling
What causes what in economic systems?
At what level of detail shall we model an economic phenomenon?
Which variables are determined outside the model (exogenous) and which are to be determined by the model (endogenous)?
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Modeling the Apartment Market
How are apartment rents determined? Suppose
–apartments are close or distant, but otherwise identical
–distant apartments rents are exogenous and known
–many potential renters and landlords
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Modeling the Apartment Market
Who will rent close apartments? At what price? Will the allocation of apartments be
desirable in any sense?
How can we construct an insightful model to answer these questions?
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Economic Modeling Assumptions
Two basic postulates:
–Rational Choice: Each person tries to choose the best alternative available to him or her.
–Equilibrium: Market price adjusts until quantity demanded equals quantity supplied.
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Modeling Apartment Demand Demand: Suppose the most any one
person is willing to pay to rent a close apartment is $500/month. Then
p = $500 QD = 1. Suppose the price has to drop to
$490 before a 2nd person would rent. Then p = $490 QD = 2.
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Modeling Apartment Demand
The lower is the rental rate p, the larger is the quantity of close apartments demanded
p QD . The quantity demanded vs. price
graph is the market demand curve for close apartments.
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Market Demand Curve for Apartments
p
QD
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Modeling Apartment Supply
Supply: It takes time to build more close apartments so in this short-run the quantity available is fixed (at say 100).
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Market Supply Curve for Apartments
p
QS100
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Competitive Market Equilibrium
“low” rental price quantity demanded of close apartments exceeds quantity available price will rise.
“high” rental price quantity demanded less than quantity available price will fall.
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Competitive Market Equilibrium
Quantity demanded = quantity available price will neither rise nor fall
so the market is at a competitive equilibrium.
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Competitive Market Equilibrium
p
QD,QS100
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Competitive Market Equilibrium
p
QD,QS
pe
100
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Competitive Market Equilibrium
p
QD,QS
pe
100
People willing to pay pe for close apartments get closeapartments.
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Competitive Market Equilibrium
p
QD,QS
pe
100
People willing to pay pe for close apartments get closeapartments.
People not willing to pay pe for close apartments get distant apartments.
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Competitive Market Equilibrium
Q: Who rents the close apartments? A: Those most willing to pay. Q: Who rents the distant
apartments? A: Those least willing to pay. So the competitive market allocation
is by “willingness-to-pay”.
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Comparative Statics
What is exogenous in the model?
–price of distant apartments
–quantity of close apartments
– incomes of potential renters. What happens if these exogenous
variables change?
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Comparative Statics
Suppose the price of distant apartment rises.
Demand for close apartments increases (rightward shift), causing
a higher price for close apartments.
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Market Equilibrium
p
QD,QS
pe
100
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Market Equilibrium
p
QD,QS
pe
100
Higher demand
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Market Equilibrium
p
QD,QS
pe
100
Higher demand causes highermarket price; same quantitytraded.
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Comparative Statics
Suppose there were more close apartments.
Supply is greater, so the price for close apartments falls.
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Market Equilibrium
p
QD,QS
pe
100
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Market Equilibrium
p
QD,QS100
Higher supply
pe
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Market Equilibrium
p
QD,QS
pe
100
Higher supply causes alower market price and alarger quantity traded.
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Comparative Statics
Suppose potential renters’ incomes rise, increasing their willingness-to-pay for close apartments.
Demand rises (upward shift), causing higher price for close apartments.
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Market Equilibrium
p
QD,QS
pe
100
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Market Equilibrium
p
QD,QS
pe
100
Higher incomes causehigher willingness-to-pay
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Market Equilibrium
p
QD,QS
pe
100
Higher incomes causehigher willingness-to-pay,higher market price, andthe same quantity traded.