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Determinants of Demand & Supply
Determinants of Demand & Supply
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Economics
11th Grade
10/20/2015

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Changes in Income: 

  

As income increases, people increase how much they buy.

  

As income decreases, how much people buy decreases.

  

Determinant:  Demand or Supply?

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Determinant of Demand

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Changes in price of related goods (Substitute):

  

As the price increases for a good, the amount people want to buy of the substitute good goes up.

 

As the price decreases for a good, the amount people want to buy of the subsitute good goes down.  

 

Determinant:  Demand or Supply?

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Determinant of Demand

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Changes in price of related goods (Compliment):

  

 One product price goes up, demand for a different product that goes with it goes down.

 

One product price goes down, demand for a different product that goes with it goes up.

 

Determinant:  Demand or Supply?

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 Determinant of Demand

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Changes in the size or composition of popluation:

 

How much is sold of a product goes up & down with the population.

 

An increase in young families creates an increase the amount of specific goods that are purchased.

 

Determinant:  Demand or Supply?

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Determinant of Demand

 

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Changes in price expectations:

 

I expect the cost of an airplane ticket will go up the closer to the trip so I buy now to avoid a more expensive ticket. 

 

Determinant:  Demand or Supply? 

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Determinant of Demand

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Changes in taste or preference:

 

A popular singer is seen wearing a new shoe, which makes all his fans want to buy the shoes as well.

 

Determinant:  Demand or Supply?

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Determinant of Demand

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Change in cost of resources used to make a good:


Resources cost goes up, amount made goes down.

Resouces cost goes down, amount made goes up.

 

Determinant:  Demand or Supply?

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Determinant of Supply

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Change in technology used to make the good:


A new technology allows for more efficiency, amount of good produced goes up.

 

Determinant:  Demand or Supply?

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Determinant of Supply

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Producer's expectations of the cost of resources:


Producer thinks the price of a resource needed to make a product is about to go up, so they makes more of the product now to get it made at cheaper price.

 

Determinant:  Demand or Supply?

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Determinant of Supply

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Number of sellers in the market (Competition):


More sellers of a good, means more production of a good (higher amount of the good available).

Less sellers, means less production of a good (smaller amount of the good available). 

 

Determinant:  Demand or Supply?

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Determinant of Supply

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Producer's Price Expectation:


Producer expects the cost at which they can sell a product is going to lower; they produce more now to be able to sell at the higher price before the change.

 

Determinant:  Demand or Supply?

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Determinant of Supply

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