Economics
Movement vs Shift in Demand Curve
A movement along the demand curve occurs when there is a change in the quantity demanded due to a change in price, while a shift in the demand curve happens when there is a change in demand due to factors other than price, such as income, preferences, or the prices of related goods. Movements are caused by changes in price, while shifts are caused by non-price factors.
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eBook - PDFMicroeconomics
A Contemporary Introduction
- William A. McEachern(Author)
- 2016(Publication Date)
- Cengage Learning EMEA(Publisher)
That wraps up our look at changes in demand. Before we turn to supply, you should remember the distinction between a movement along a given demand curve and a shift of a demand curve . A change in price, other things constant, causes a movement along a demand curve, changing the quantity demanded. A change in one of the determinants of demand other than price causes a shift of a demand curve, changing demand. tastes Consumer preferences; likes and dislikes in consumption; assumed to remain constant along a given demand curve movement along a demand curve A change in quantity demanded resulting from a change in the price of the good, other things constant shift of a demand curve Movement of a demand curve right or left resulting from a change in one of the determinants of demand other than the price of the good C H E C K P O I N T Identify five changes that could shift a market demand curve to the right. 4-3 Supply Just as demand is a relation between price and quantity demanded, supply is a relation between price and quantity supplied. Supply indicates how much producers are willing and able to offer for sale per period at each possible price, other things constant. The law of supply states that the quantity supplied is usually directly related to its price, other things constant. Thus, the lower the price, the smaller the quantity supplied; the higher the price, the greater the quantity supplied. 4-3a Supply Schedule and Supply Curve Exhibit 3 presents the market supply schedule and the market supply curve S for pizza. Both show the quantities supplied per week at various possible prices by the thousands of pizza makers in the economy. As you can see, price and quantity supplied are directly, or positively, related. Producers have a profit incentive to offer more at a higher price than at a lower price, so the supply curve slopes upward. Here are two reasons why producers offer more for sale when the price rises.
eBook - PDFMacroeconomics
A Contemporary Introduction
- William A. McEachern(Author)
- 2016(Publication Date)
- Cengage Learning EMEA(Publisher)
That wraps up our look at changes in demand. Before we turn to supply, you should remember the distinction between a movement along a given demand curve and a shift of a demand curve. A change in price, other things constant, causes a movement along a demand curve, changing the quantity demanded. A change in one of the determinants of demand other than price causes a shift of a demand curve, changing demand. tastes Consumer preferences; likes and dislikes in consumption; assumed to remain constant along a given demand curve movement along a demand curve A change in quantity demanded resulting from a change in the price of the good, other things constant shift of a demand curve Movement of a demand curve right or left resulting from a change in one of the determinants of demand other than the price of the good C H E C K P O I N T Identify five changes that could shift a market demand curve to the right. 4-3 Supply Just as demand is a relation between price and quantity demanded, supply is a relation between price and quantity supplied. Supply indicates how much producers are willing and able to offer for sale per period at each possible price, other things constant. The law of supply states that the quantity supplied is usually directly related to its price, other things constant. Thus, the lower the price, the smaller the quantity supplied; the higher the price, the greater the quantity supplied. 4-3a Supply Schedule and Supply Curve Exhibit 3 presents the market supply schedule and the market supply curve S for pizza. Both show the quantities supplied per week at various possible prices by the thousands of pizza makers in the economy. As you can see, price and quantity supplied are directly, or positively, related. Producers have a profit incentive to offer more at a higher price than at a lower price, so the supply curve slopes upward. Here are two reasons why producers offer more for sale when the price rises.
eBook - PDFMicroeconomics
Theory and Applications
- Edgar K. Browning, Mark A. Zupan(Authors)
- 2019(Publication Date)
- Wiley(Publisher)
1–17. • Demand and Supply Curves 19 To use demand curves correctly, we must distinguish clearly between situations that involve a movement along a given demand curve and those that involve a shift in demand. A movement along a given demand curve occurs when the quantity demanded changes in response to a change in price of a particular good while the other factors affecting consump- tion are held constant. This is not a change in the demand curve. An example would be the movement from point A to point B along demand curve D in Figure 2.2. A shift in demand, a movement of the curve itself, occurs when there is a change in factors besides price such as income, preferences, and the price of related goods, affecting the quantity demanded at each possible price. An example is the movement of the entire demand curve from D to D′ in Figure 2.2. The Supply Curve On the supply side of a market, we are interested in the amount of a good that business firms will produce. According to the law of supply, the higher the price of a good, the larger the quantity firms want to produce. As with the law of demand, this relationship will necessarily hold only if other factors that affect firms’ decisions remain constant when the price of the good changes. The amount firms offer for sale depends on many factors, including the technological know-how concerning production of the good, the cost and pro- ductivity of relevant inputs, expectations, employee–management relations, the goals of firms’ owners, the presence of any government taxes or subsidies, and so on. The price of the good is also important because it is the reward producers receive for their efforts. The supply curve summarizes the effect of price on the quantity that firms produce. Figure 2.3 shows a hypothetical market supply curve for flat-screen TVs. For each pos- sible price the supply curve identifies the sum of the quantities offered for sale by the sepa- rate firms.
eBook - PDF- Steven A. Greenlaw, Timothy Taylor, David Shapiro(Authors)
- 2017(Publication Date)
- Openstax(Publisher)
If the price of golf clubs rises, since the quantity demanded of golf clubs falls (because of the law of demand), demand for a complement good like golf balls decreases, too. Similarly, a higher price for skis would shift the demand curve for a complement good like ski resort trips to the left, while a lower price for a complement has the reverse effect. Changes in Expectations about Future Prices or Other Factors that Affect Demand While it is clear that the price of a good affects the quantity demanded, it is also true that expectations about the future price (or expectations about tastes and preferences, income, and so on) can affect demand. For example, if people hear that a hurricane is coming, they may rush to the store to buy flashlight batteries and bottled water. If people learn that the price of a good like coffee is likely to rise in the future, they may head for the store to stock up on coffee now. We show these changes in demand as shifts in the curve. Therefore, a shift in demand happens when a change in some economic factor (other than price) causes a different quantity to be demanded at every price. The following Work It Out feature shows how this happens. Shift in Demand A shift in demand means that at any price (and at every price), the quantity demanded will be different than it was before. Following is an example of a shift in demand due to an income increase. Step 1. Draw the graph of a demand curve for a normal good like pizza. Pick a price (like P 0 ). Identify the corresponding Q 0 . See an example in Figure 3.6. Figure 3.6 Demand Curve We can use the demand curve to identify how much consumers would buy at any given price. Step 2. Suppose income increases. As a result of the change, are consumers going to buy more or less pizza? The answer is more. Draw a dotted horizontal line from the chosen price, through the original quantity demanded, to the new point with the new Q 1 .
eBook - PDF- Steven A. Greenlaw, Timothy Taylor(Authors)
- 2015(Publication Date)
- Openstax(Publisher)
If the price of golf clubs rises, since the quantity demanded of golf clubs falls (because of the law of demand), demand for a complement good like golf balls decreases, too. Similarly, a higher price for skis would shift the demand curve for a complement good like ski resort trips to the left, while a lower price for a complement has the reverse effect. Changes in Expectations about Future Prices or Other Factors that Affect Demand While it is clear that the price of a good affects the quantity demanded, it is also true that expectations about the future price (or expectations about tastes and preferences, income, and so on) can affect demand. For example, if people hear that a hurricane is coming, they may rush to the store to buy flashlight batteries and bottled water. If people learn 52 Chapter 3 | Demand and Supply This OpenStax book is available for free at http://cnx.org/content/col11858/1.4 that the price of a good like coffee is likely to rise in the future, they may head for the store to stock up on coffee now. These changes in demand are shown as shifts in the curve. Therefore, a shift in demand happens when a change in some economic factor (other than price) causes a different quantity to be demanded at every price. The following Work It Out feature shows how this happens. Shift in Demand A shift in demand means that at any price (and at every price), the quantity demanded will be different than it was before. Following is an example of a shift in demand due to an income increase. Step 1. Draw the graph of a demand curve for a normal good like pizza. Pick a price (like P 0 ). Identify the corresponding Q 0 . An example is shown in Figure 3.6. Figure 3.6 Demand Curve The demand curve can be used to identify how much consumers would buy at any given price. Step 2. Suppose income increases. As a result of the change, are consumers going to buy more or less pizza? The answer is more.
eBook - PDFEconomics
Principles & Policy
- William Baumol, Alan Blinder, John Solow, , William Baumol, Alan Blinder, John Solow(Authors)
- 2019(Publication Date)
- Cengage Learning EMEA(Publisher)
4-4a The Law of Supply and Demand In a free market, the forces of supply and demand generally push the price toward its equilibrium level, the price at which quantity supplied and quantity demanded are equal. Like most economic “laws,” some markets will occasionally disobey the law of supply and demand. Markets sometimes display shortages or surpluses for long periods of time. Prices sometimes fail to move toward equi- librium. But the “law” is a fair generalization that is right far more often than it is wrong. 4-5 EFFECTS OF DEMAND SHIFTS ON SUPPLY-DEMAND EQUILIBRIUM Figure 3 showed how developments other than changes in price—such as changes in con- sumer tastes and income, population and the prices of complements and substitutes—can shift the demand curve. We saw that a rise in income, for example, will shift the demand curve for normal goods to the right, meaning that at any given price, consumers—with their increased purchasing power—will buy more of the good than before. This, in turn, will move the equilibrium point, changing both market price and quantity sold. This market adjustment is shown in Figure 8(a). It adds a supply curve to Figure 3(a) so that we can see what happens to the supply-demand equilibrium. In the example in the graph, the quantity demanded at the old equilibrium price of $7.20 increases from 60 million pounds per year (point E on the demand curve 0 0 D D ) to 75 million pounds per year (point R on the demand curve 1 1 D D ). We know that $7.20 is no longer the equilibrium price, because at this price quan- tity demanded (75 million pounds) exceeds quantity supplied (60 million pounds), leaving a shortage of 15 million pounds. To restore equilibrium, the price must rise. The new equilibrium occurs at point T, which is the intersection point of the supply curve and the shifted demand curve, where the price is $7.30 per pound and both quantities demanded and supplied are 70 million pounds per year.
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