The law of demand indicates that as the price of a good increases, the quantity that
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- buyers are able to purchase decreases.
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Demand and Supply
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In a competitive market, the market demand is Qd = 70 – 3P and the market supply is Qs = 6P. A price ceiling of $4 will result in a
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- shortage of 34 units.
Jane pays the market price of $69 for….
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- consumer surplus.
When government imposes a price floor above the market price, the result will be that
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- surpluses occur.
Producer surplus is measured as the area
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- above the supply curve and below the market price.
If supply increases, then the
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- equilibrium price goes down.
If demand increases, then the
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- demand curve shifts to the right.
The minimum wage
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- is an example of floor price.
A floor price is
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- the minimum legal price that can be charged in a market.
When an effective price ceiling is in place
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- some consumers are better off and others are worse off.
Under a price ceiling, the full economic price is
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- higher than the free-market price.
A price ceiling is
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- the maximum legal price that can be charged in a market.
Competitive market equilibrium
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- is determined by the intersection of the market demand and supply curves.
When quantity demanded exceeds quantity supplied
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- the price is below the equilibrium price.
Producer surplus is the
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- area above the supply curve but below the market price of the good.
If an excise tax is imposed on a good, then the supply curve
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- shifts up by the amount of the tax.
The supply function
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- recognizes that the quantity of a good produced depends on its price and supply shifters.
If firms expect prices to be higher in the future and the product is not perishable, then
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- he current supply curve shifts to the left.
An ad valorem tax shifts the supply curve
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- by rotating it counter-clockwise.
An excise tax shifts the supply curve
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- up by the amount of the tax.