ModuleSupply and Demand:Supply and Equilibrium
KRUGMAN'SMACROECONOMICS for AP*
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Margaret Ray and David Anderson
What you will learnWhat you will learn
in thisin this ModuleModule::• What the supply curve is
• The difference between movements along the supply curve and changes in supply
• The factors that shift the supply curve
• How supply and demand curves determine a market's equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity
• In the case of a shortage or surplus, how price moves the market back to equilibrium
The Supply Schedule and the The Supply Schedule and the Supply CurveSupply Curve
• Supply schedule
• Quantity supplied
• Supply Curve
• Law of supply
Supply Schedule and Supply Schedule and Supply CurveSupply Curve
Price Quantity
$ 8 22
$ 7 14
$ 6 8
$ 5 6
$ 4 5
$ 3 4
$ 2 3
QuantityQuantity
PricePrice
Understanding Shifts of the Understanding Shifts of the Supply CurveSupply Curve
• Increase = right, decrease = left
• T.R.I.C.E. shifts supply
• Technology
• Related prices (complements in production, substitutes in production)
• Input prices
• Competition (number of producers)
• Expectations
• Equilibrium
• Equilibrium price
• Equilibrium quantity
• Market-clearing price
Supply, Demand, and EquilibriumSupply, Demand, and Equilibrium
Finding the Equilibrium Price Finding the Equilibrium Price and Quantityand Quantity
equilibriumEequilibriumprice
equilibriumquantity
Why Does the Market Price Fall If It Why Does the Market Price Fall If It Is Above the Equilibrium Price?Is Above the Equilibrium Price?
• Surplus
• Producer's Incentive
Why Does the Market Price Rise If It Why Does the Market Price Rise If It is Below the Equilibrium Price?is Below the Equilibrium Price?
• Shortage
• Consumer's Incentive
• The tendency towards equilibrium
Figure 6.1 The Supply Schedule and the Supply CurveRay and Anderson: Krugman’s Economics for AP, First Edition
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Figure 6.2 An Increase in SupplyRay and Anderson: Krugman’s Economics for AP, First Edition
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Figure 6.3 Movement Along the Supply Curve Versus Shift of the Supply Curve
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Figure 6.4 Shifts of the Supply CurveRay and Anderson: Krugman’s Economics for AP, First Edition
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Figure 6.5 The Individual Supply Curve and the Market Supply Curve
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Table 6.1 Factors That Shift SupplyRay and Anderson: Krugman’s Economics for AP, First Edition
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Figure 6.6 Market EquilibriumRay and Anderson: Krugman’s Economics for AP, First Edition
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Figure 6.7 Price Above Its Equilibrium Level Creates a Surplus
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