Chapter 2 Demand and Supply
Chapter 2 Demand and Supply
CHAPTER 2
Learning Objectives
•The idea of Economic Model.
•How market reaches equilibrium through the
interaction of demand and supply.
inversely related.
Market demand is the sum of quantities demanded by all
consumers in a market.
Draw the demand curve for orange juice, D1, and a point A (P1, Q1) on the
demand curve. What happens in each of the following scenarios? Why?
shift)
Prices of related products (an increase causes a leftward
supply shift)
Supply has changed but not the demand for the product
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Effects of Increases in Demand and
Supply FIGURE 2.11
When the demand increases and the supply also increases, then the equilibrium will shift from
point a to point b
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Active Learning: Market Equilibrium
1. Decide whether the event Use the three-step method to analyze the
shifts the supply or demand effects of each event on the equilibrium
curve (or perhaps both). price and quantity of orange juice.
2. Decide in which direction the Event A: A fall in the price of apple juice
curve shifts.
Event B: The price of oranges declines
3. Use the supply-and demand because of an abundant orange crop.
diagram to see how the shift Event C: Events A and B both occur
changes the equilibrium price
and quantity.
simultaneously.